birmingham community charter high school (formerly birmingham high school) is a co-educational high school in the neighborhood/district of lake balboa in the san fernando valley of los angeles. it was started in 1943 as a hospital. in 1943, it became a school for grades 7-12. it became a high school for only senior students in 1963. the school has a van nuys address and student are from lake balboa, parts of encino, and amestoy estates. it is within the los angeles unified school district operates as an internal charter school.