Private school

Rolling Hills Preparatory

San Pedro · 1–12 · 217 students, not counting pre-K (2021-22) · 6 students per teacher (2021-22)

A 1–12 private school in San Pedro. The College Board's 2025–26 course audit lists 9 AP subjects here.

California private schools don’t take the state tests, so there are no results we can fairly compare. We don’t score or rank private schools.

School fit

What would my child’s experience be like?

Survey classification
Nonsectarian (Regular)
NCES survey 2021-22
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
NCES survey 2021-22
Reported school day
7.3 hours
NCES survey 2021-22 · confirm current hours

Use the dated record as a starting point, then ask the school about the grades your child would attend.

  1. Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
  2. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
Courses and opportunities

What could my child study here?

AP course authorizations

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025 - 2026. Authorization does not confirm this term’s schedule, access or enrollment.

Math & Computer Science 2
  • Calculus AB
  • Computer Science Principles
Sciences 1
  • Environmental Science
English 2
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science 3
  • European History
  • Psychology
  • United States History
Arts 1
  • Drawing
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Which courses will run when my child attends, what prerequisites apply, and how do students get support entering advanced or career pathways?

After graduation

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

A closer look · UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied
14
Admitted
8
Enrolled
under 3

By campus · fall 2025

  • UCLAApplied 11 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC IrvineApplied 10 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC BerkeleyApplied 6 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC San DiegoApplied 6 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
  • UC Santa BarbaraApplied 5 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016
  • Fall 2025Applied 14 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled under 3
  • Fall 2024Applied 7 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled 3
  • Fall 2023Applied 20 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 4
  • Fall 2022Applied 10 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled 3
  • Fall 2021Applied 19 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 5
  • Fall 2020Applied 14 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 4
  • Fall 2019Applied 18 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled 8
  • Fall 2018Applied 16 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled 6
  • Fall 2017Applied 28 · Admitted 20 · Enrolled 7
  • Fall 2016Applied 14 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled 7

Admissions and cost

Could this school work for our family?

Approach and support
How would teaching, student support and school expectations work for my child?
Tuition and financial aid
What is the total annual cost, including fees, and how does financial aid work?
Admissions and availability
Which grades have openings, and what are the application steps and dates?
More questions for admissions
  1. Which tests do students take, and how do they do?Private schools don’t take California’s state tests. Ask which tests they give and for the school’s overall results.
  2. How do you teach students at different levels?Ask how they challenge students who are ahead and help students who need more support.
  3. How many students leave each year, and why?If many families leave, ask what they told the school.
  4. Where do students go after they finish here?Ask for the list of schools or colleges recent graduates went on to.
  5. What is the full cost, and what financial aid is there?Ask about every fee on top of tuition, and how aid is decided.
  6. Who accredits the school?Accreditation means an outside group reviewed the school. Ask which group, and when it last visited.

Location and visiting

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1500 Palos Verdes Dr N, San Pedro 90732

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The record

From the federal private-school survey

We have no state test results, attendance, discipline, tuition or admissions figures for this school.

Common questions

Why doesn't Rolling Hills Preparatory have a Scope Score?

Private schools don't take California's state tests (CAASPP), so there is no state testing data for Rolling Hills Preparatory to score. SchoolScope gives private schools no Scope Score, performance band, or rank.

Where do Rolling Hills Preparatory's directory facts come from?

The enrollment, grade-span, and student–teacher figures shown here, when present, come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22. That survey-period record is not a current enrollment or inspection report.

What AP courses are offered at Rolling Hills Preparatory?

Rolling Hills Preparatory had own-school AP authorizations for 9 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, Psychology, United States History. The audit does not establish that a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams.

Data source: NCES Private School Universe Survey · Explore all schools