Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
Public school district based in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. NCES district ID 0629700; state ID CA-1964865.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
18
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
10,131
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
463.5
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 860 | |
| Grade 1 | 561 | |
| Grade 2 | 637 | |
| Grade 3 | 686 | |
| Grade 4 | 706 | |
| Grade 5 | 712 | |
| Grade 6 | 776 | |
| Grade 7 | 775 | |
| Grade 8 | 790 | |
| Grade 9 | 920 | |
| Grade 10 | 851 | |
| Grade 11 | 922 | |
| Grade 12 | 935 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 32.1% | |
| Black or African American | 2.0% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 16.0% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 12.5% | |
| White | 37.4% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 18.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palos Verdes Peninsula High Rolling Hills Estates | 9–12 | Regular | 2,075 | 93.4 | 22.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Palos Verdes High Palos Verdes Estates | 9–12 | Regular | 1,484 | 65.6 | 22.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Ridgecrest Intermediate Rancho Palos Verdes | 6–8 | Regular | 881 | 36.2 | 24.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Palos Verdes Intermediate Palos Verdes Estates | 6–8 | Regular | 735 | 32.6 | 22.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Miraleste Intermediate Rancho Palos Verdes | 6–8 | Regular | 720 | 35.1 | 20.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Dapplegray Elementary Rolling Hills Estates | K–5 | Regular | 639 | 27.0 | 23.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Silver Spur Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | K–5 | Regular | 540 | 23.9 | 22.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Soleado Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | K–5 | Regular | 443 | 20.0 | 22.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Montemalaga Elementary Palos Verdes Estates | K–5 | Regular | 416 | 19.6 | 21.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Cornerstone at Pedregal Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | K–5 | Regular | 411 | 18.8 | 21.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Mira Catalina Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | K–5 | Regular | 366 | 17.5 | 21 | Suburb: Large |
| Vista Grande Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | K–5 | Regular | 355 | 16.1 | 22.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Point Vicente Elementary Rancho Palos Verdes | K–5 | Regular | 334 | 18.7 | 17.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Lunada Bay Elementary Palos Verdes Estates | K–5 | Regular | 329 | 15.4 | 21.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Rancho Vista Elementary Rolling Hills Estates | K–5 | Regular | 329 | 17.9 | 18.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Rancho del Mar High (Continuation) Rolling Hills | 10–12 | Alternative | 41 | 4.4 | 9.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Palos Verdes Distance Learning Academy Rolling Hills | K–12 | Alternative | 33 | 1.3 | 24.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Sunrise Pre-School Palos Verdes Estates | — | Regular | Not reported | Not reported | — | Suburb: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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