Central Los Angeles High School #9 will be the showpiece high school for the Los Angeles Unified School District system. It is a performing and visual arts high school designed by famed Austrian architect Coop Himmelblau. HMC Architects is the executive architect. The artistic focus for the school will be on music, dance, performing arts and visual arts. This school is being compared to the LaGuardia Arts High School in New York with regards to its significance as a specialized public high school and its anticipated impact to further a performing and visual arts focus on a community scale within Los Angeles.

The campus will house seven buildings including a 950-seat performing arts theater, parking garage/gymnasium, library, cafeteria, and classroom buildings totaling 238,000 square feet on 10 acres.