About the Palos Verdes Peninsula

The Palos Verdes Hills Peninsula is made up of 4 cities, has an excellent school system, and is one of the most beautiful parts of Los Angeles. Listed below are the cities, schools and other information that describe this peninsula.

• Palos Verdes Estates
• Rancho Palos Verdes
• Rolling Hills
• Rolling Hills Estates

• Preschool
  • Miraleste Early Learning Academy (MELA)
  • Palos Verdes Hill Nursery School
  • Sunrise
  • Valmonte Early Learning Academy (VELA)
• Elementary
  • Cornerstone @ Pedregal Elementary
  • Dapplegray Elementary
  • Lunada Bay Elementary
  • Mira Catalina Elementary
  • Miraleste Elementary School
  • Montemalaga Elementary School
  • Point Vicente Elementary
  • Rancho Vista Elementary
  • Silver Spur Elementary
  • Soleado Elementary
  • Vista Grande Elementary
  • Valmonte Elementary: Developmental Kindergarten
• Intermediate
  • Miraleste Intermediate
  • Palos Verdes Intermediate
  • Ridgecrest Intermediate
• High Schools
  • Palos Verdes High School
  • Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
  • Rancho Del Mar High School

• For thousands of years the palos verdes hills were the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieliño Native Americans people.
• The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District has one of the highest rated API scores in California, one of the highest SAT scores averages, and one of the highest percentages of students successfully completing the Advanced Placement exams in the county (California Department of Education 2005).
• Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean films were partly photographed on and off the coast of Palos Verdes Peninsula. A tent city for production was constructed in the Redondo Beach Marina. The Black Pearl and several production vessels were seen on the waters daily as were helicopters filming for overhead shots.