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Enrollment
1,484
High
DISTRICT 1,200 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED·NCES 062970010532
Palos Verdes High
600 Cloyden Rd., Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 · (310) 378-8471 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,484 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
124 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 433 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 373 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 341 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 337 | 23% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
77.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
61.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 48.1% | 29.6% | 15.6% | 6.7% |
| Math | 41.4% | 20.1% | 18.1% | 20.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.7% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 58.6% |
| 2022-23 | 78.1% | 59.7% |
| 2021-22 | 75.2% | 55.4% |
| 2018-19 | 43.1% | 39.4% |
| 2017-18 | 65.8% | 53.9% |
| 2016-17 | 73.2% | 66.0% |
| 2015-16 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Palos Verdes High
Palos Verdes High's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palos Verdes High this school | 1,484 | 8.4% | 70.8% |
| Los Gatos High Los Gatos | 1,914 | 6.8% | 72.5% |
| Campolindo High Moraga | 1,340 | 5.4% | 77.5% |
| Miramonte High Orinda | 1,167 | 4.6% | 82.2% |
| Las Lomas High Walnut Creek | 1,577 | 15.4% | 63.6% |
| Acalanes High Lafayette | 1,256 | 7.3% | 75.0% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Palos Verdes High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #75 of 1,052 | #17 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #82 of 1,056 ▼ 3 | #19 of 229 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #126 of 1,056 ▼ 76 | #31 of 229 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #387 of 1,044 | #113 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,484 | #575 of 2,093 | #114 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #954 of 1,352 | #277 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #273 of 1,351 | #34 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #1,556 of 1,575 | #392 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #253 of 802 | #100 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,484
-44 (-3%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 1,822
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 22.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,484 | 65.6 | 22.6:1 | 8% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 1,419 | 65.6 | 21.6:1 | 6% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 1,417 | 63.1 | 22.4:1 | 7% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 1,528 | 67 | 22.8:1 | 5% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 1,778 | 71.9 | 24.7:1 | 5% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 1,716 | 72 | 23.8:1 | 2% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 1,822 | N/A | N/A | 1% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palos Verdes High.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,778 to 1,484); teachers down 9% (71.9 to 65.6).
About Palos Verdes High
Palos Verdes Estates, California, is home to Palos Verdes High, a high-enrollment high school. It teaches 1,484 students in grades 9 through 12. It has 77% more students than the average for high schools in California (about 838).
The district for Palos Verdes High is Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified, with 17 schools and 10,131 students.
About 53% of the student body at Palos Verdes High is White. Other groups include 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County residents are about 31% White. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Palos Verdes High are from different groups.
The school has 65.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 22.6 students per teacher. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. The school reported 8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Los Angeles County averages 70%, higher than here.
Palos Verdes High earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of California public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Palos Verdes High falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 70.8% actual against 74.6% predicted.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Palos Verdes High among them.
Palos Verdes Intermediate is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Palos Verdes High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Palos Verdes High's average proficiency of 70.8% compares with 81.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Palos Verdes High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 3%.
The Palos Verdes High discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
- Palos Verdes Peninsula HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Ridgecrest IntermediateMiddle · 881 students
- Palos Verdes IntermediateMiddle · 735 students
- Miraleste IntermediateMiddle · 720 students
- Dapplegray ElementaryElementary · 639 students
- Silver Spur ElementaryElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Palos Verdes Estates
- Palos Verdes IntermediateMiddle · 735 students
- Montemalaga ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Lunada Bay ElementaryElementary · 329 students
- Sunrise Pre-SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Palos Verdes Intermediate0.5 mi · 735
- Lunada Bay Elementary0.9 mi · 329
- Vista Grande Elementary1.2 mi · 355
- Montemalaga Elementary1.6 mi · 416
- Point Vicente Elementary1.8 mi · 334
- Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary2.1 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Palos Verdes HighWhat is the total enrollment at Palos Verdes High?
Palos Verdes High enrolls approximately 1,484 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Palos Verdes High serve?
Palos Verdes High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Palos Verdes High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Palos Verdes High is approximately 22.6:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palos Verdes High?
At Palos Verdes High, the student body is approximately 53% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Palos Verdes High?
Palos Verdes High is overseen by Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.