Palos Verdes Peninsula High

As a heavily attended 9-12 campus in Rolling Hills Estates, California, Palos Verdes Peninsula High caters to 2,075 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 148% larger than the state mean of about 838.

Within Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified, which oversees 17 schools and 10,131 students, Palos Verdes Peninsula High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Palos Verdes Peninsula High shows that the largest single group is Asian at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 30% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Palos Verdes Peninsula High logs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Palos Verdes Peninsula High higher than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Palos Verdes Peninsula High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.5%, the actual is 79.6%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household income runs about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palos Verdes Peninsula High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Soleado Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palos Verdes Peninsula High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Palos Verdes Peninsula High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 86.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palos Verdes Peninsula High has edged down 12%, going from 2,348 students in 2018 to 2,075 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 38% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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