Photo: Clotee Allochuku · CC BY 2.0Rolling Hills Estates’s public schools outscore 95% of California districts
In Rolling Hills Estates, 72% of tested students are proficient in math, above the California average (33%). The grade covers the public school district serving Rolling Hills Estates, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.
From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 94% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Rolling Hills Estates’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 165 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Rolling Hills Estates’s, its schools beat 85%, lower than their 95% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 80% and math 72% in spring 2022, against 47% and 33% statewide; 97% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $16,812 per student, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
Two elementary schools, then three middle and one high school
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Rolling Hills Country Day School (private), Rolling Hills Montessori (private), Discovery World Education Center (private) and Fusion Palos Verdes (private) are in town. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Rolling Hills Estates’s grade
A+: better than 95% of California school districts, #29 of 847 California towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the California average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Rolling Hills Estates, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Dapplegray Elementary
Grades K–5 · 639 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Rancho Vista Elementary
Grades K–5 · 329 students · 18:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Dapplegray Elementary
Grades K–5 · 639 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Rancho Vista Elementary
Grades K–5 · 329 students · 18:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Dapplegray Elementary
Grades K–5 · 639 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Rancho Vista Elementary
Grades K–5 · 329 students · 18:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Dapplegray Elementary
Grades K–5 · 639 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Rancho Vista Elementary
Grades K–5 · 329 students · 18:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Dapplegray Elementary
Grades K–5 · 639 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Rancho Vista Elementary
Grades K–5 · 329 students · 18:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Dapplegray Elementary
Grades K–5 · 639 students · 24:1 students per teacher
Rancho Vista Elementary
Grades K–5 · 329 students · 18:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Ridgecrest Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 881 students · 24:1 students per teacher · in Rancho Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 735 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Palos Verdes Estates
Miraleste Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 720 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Rancho Palos Verdes
7th grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Ridgecrest Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 881 students · 24:1 students per teacher · in Rancho Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 735 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Palos Verdes Estates
Miraleste Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 720 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Rancho Palos Verdes
8th grade in Rolling Hills Estates · depends on your address
Ridgecrest Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 881 students · 24:1 students per teacher · in Rancho Palos Verdes
Palos Verdes Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 735 students · 23:1 students per teacher · in Palos Verdes Estates
Miraleste Intermediate
Grades 6–8 · 720 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Rancho Palos Verdes
9th grade in Rolling Hills Estates
Palos Verdes Peninsula High
Grades 9–12 · 2,075 students · 22:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Rolling Hills Estates
Palos Verdes Peninsula High
Grades 9–12 · 2,075 students · 22:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Rolling Hills Estates
Palos Verdes Peninsula High
Grades 9–12 · 2,075 students · 22:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Rolling Hills Estates
Palos Verdes Peninsula High
Grades 9–12 · 2,075 students · 22:1 students per teacher
Rolling Hills Estates’s public schools are run by Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, which also serves Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Rolling Hills Estates vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Rolling Hills Estates’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills Estates | A+ | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | A+ | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified |
| Torrance | A | Torrance Unified |
| Lomita | B− | Los Angeles Unified |
| Rolling Hills | A+ | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified |
| Palos Verdes Estates | A+ | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified |
3 of the 5 neighbors share Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified with Rolling Hills Estates, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Rolling Hills Estates
10 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Rolling Hills Estates’s schools
Are Rolling Hills Estates’s schools good?
By California’s own tests, yes: the public schools Rolling Hills Estates children attend outscore 95% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A+ Schools grade, #29 of 847 California towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 85%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Rolling Hills Estates in?
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, which runs grades K–12 and enrolls 10,131 students in 17 schools (2024–25).
Where do Rolling Hills Estates kids go to high school?
Palos Verdes Peninsula High, with 2,075 students.
What is Rolling Hills Estates’s graduation rate?
97% of the class of 2023 in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.
How much does Rolling Hills Estates spend per student?
$16,812 in Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Rolling Hills Estates?
Yes: Rolling Hills Country Day School (nonsectarian, grades K–8, 421 students), Rolling Hills Montessori (nonsectarian, grades PK–1, 181 students), Discovery World Education Center (nonsectarian, grades PK–K, 110 students) and Fusion Palos Verdes (nonsectarian, grades 6–12, 19 students).
Parents talk
What Rolling Hills Estates families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.