Mirman is one of a handful of schools for the highly gifted (IQ of 138 or above) in the United States.

A year later, the school expanded to a facility on Pico Boulevard, and classes were held there until the current Mulholland campus was opened in 1971.

Many students leave after the second year of upper school and matriculate to a conventional seventh grade class.

The classes for the upper school are: Science, a World language (either Spanish, Latin, or Mandarin), Social Studies, English, Mathematics, P.E., Art, and two Electives.

The primary purpose of LEAP is to support the academic and artistic programs by providing students time for working on class assignments or independent projects.