  We discuss the crystal, electronic, and magnetic structures of
$\mathrm{La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}}$ (LSCO) for $x=0.0$ and $x=0.25$ employing 13
density functional approximations, representing the local, semi-local, and
hybrid exchange-correlation approximations within the Perdew-Schmidt hierarchy.
The meta-generalized gradient approximation (meta-GGA) class of functionals is
found to perform well in capturing the key properties of LSCO, a prototypical
high-temperature cuprate superconductor. In contrast, the local-spin-density
approximation, GGA, and the hybrid density functional fail to capture the
metal-insulator transition under doping.
