On May 8, 2013, the school opened a state-of-the-art, $1.2 million recording studio, complete with commercial equipment including a 32-channel mixing console, effect processors, and two editing suites.

Students have the opportunity to work with artists in phases including song creation, production, and distribution.

The Pearl-Cohn label operates similarly to a traditional corporate model, but with profits benefitting music education.

This plan become controversial as many economically disadvantaged and African American students were zoned away from more diverse high schools.

Pearl-Cohn students participate in wrestling, volleyball, tennis, golf, cheerleading, bowling, cross country, basketball, and football.