Palos Verdes High

Located at 600 Cloyden Rd., in Palos Verdes Estates, California, Palos Verdes High is a well-populated senior high that teaches 1,484 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 77% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Across the 17 schools in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified (10,131 students total), Palos Verdes High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Palos Verdes High shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 8% of students at Palos Verdes High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Palos Verdes High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.5%; this one delivers 72.1%.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Palos Verdes High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Palos Verdes Intermediate, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Palos Verdes High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 80.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Palos Verdes High's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,778 (now 1,484). White enrollment moved from 64% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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