The mission of Somerset High School is to provide an environment that is engaging, collaborative, and most appropriate in meeting the needs of continuation high school students. This includes an individualized and prescriptive approach to the delivery of instruction. Students learn at their own speed and ability level in a teaching environment that is nurturing, stimulating, and motivating in each subject area. All staff have high expectations and  expect that students who are enrolled at Somerset are here to learn and earn a diploma.

Somerset High School, the continuation school for the Bellflower Unified School District, is located in the City of Bellflower, but serves the entire district. Somerset High School serves 320 students in grades ten through twelve with the minimum age for enrollment being sixteen. Students are referred from Bellflower and Mayfair High Schools and students from each school account for approximately one half the school population. The most frequent reasons for referral are lack of attendance and behind in credits earned. Somerset High School also has an Infant Care Center so teen parents can continue their education.  The school  operates on a four-week BLOC system with new students attending an orientation program to assess skills, conduct interest inventories, and review study skills to improve classroom success before being scheduled into regular classes.

In addition to the teaching and support staff provided by the district, there are services available through various community agencies such as Caring Connections, the Regional Occupational Center, (ROP), and community counseling agencies such as Community Family Guidance, Providence, and HelpLine Youth Counseling.  The school is further assisted by the support of a school-based probation officer and a community service worker.