Rolling Hills Preparatory School

1500 PALOS VERDES DR N

Harbor City, CA 90710

15 Reviews

School District
Grade

5-12
Type

private

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Submitted by parent on February 11, 2025

Rolling Hills Prep is the gold standard for how all education should be taught. The academic support is bar none and they take the whole child into account during the school day. A wide variety of classes are offered including honors and APs. If Upper School students have a specific interest, they can apply for Specialized Diploma program where they focus on a certain area like arts, math, or global studies. They get a staff mentor and a present a Capstone Project. This offering included within tuition and is a great addition for motivated students for their college applications. There are a variety of clubs and extra curricular activities, and the school supports the arts well. For the most part, all students are welcome to participate sports and the boys Basketball program is ranked high. RHP holds multiple community events throughout the year and is diverse in all areas. The faculty and staff are happy, caring and very patient. For a small school, they have a lot to offer!
Submitted by parent on October 13, 2024

My Son is a senior and has been at RHP since sophomore year, transferred from Mira Costa. He doesn’t have a learning challenge, but we had a feeling he’d benefit from being in a small school. He learned to advocate for himself, has found love for subjects he wasn’t interested in before, has a great group of friends, plays on 4 sports teams, and has outstanding grades. Truly a blessing that we made the move a few years ago!
Submitted by parent on September 11, 2024

Our daughter is a sophomore at RHP and is loving it! She is offered mainstream and specialist classes for dyslexic minds. She’s involved in 4 clubs and the cheer team and is looking towards college. So many great things to say about this unique, diverse school and its community of families!!
Submitted by parent on September 10, 2024

This is our third year at Rolling Hills Prep and we could not be happier! We have two children here, one in Rolling Hills Prep and one in the Renaissance program. The school is a perfect space for both my kids, who have very different learning styles, to be met and challenged academically, provided social/emotional support and guidance and encouraged to participate in our incredible athletics program. In Renaissance, students are offered support through its program by pairing your child up with a learning specialist that they meet with twice a day for 50 minutes. That learning specialist will check in and help them with executive functioning skills, how to time your long term projects, getting homework completed and teaching self advocacy to prepare them for college. They offer honors and AP classes to both RHP and REN students. My child in REN is challenged academically with some remarkable classes and benefits from the executive functioning and social emotional skills taught throughout campus. The teachers are engaged and make learning fun and interesting. It is a very diverse campus, both with students and faculty and staff. We have a great athletics program with Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Surf, Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Flag Football and Cross Country. The benefit of being a smaller school is that we are a strong community. Everyone supports one another and the kids are thriving.
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2020

The benefits of Rolling Hills Prep couldn't be more clear than during this challenging time of sudden distance learning. The teachers are engaging and present (even if virtually) and learning is continuing as usual. This is in stark contract to my other child who is at our local public middle school where distance learning has been haphazard and ineffective.
Submitted by parent on October 20, 2019

This school was a complete game changer for our family. We transferred from a very disappointing experience at MBUSD and immediately saw a difference. The campus is charming, the administrators are warm and welcoming, but it is the exceptional teachers and academic curriculum that shines brightest at this relatively undiscovered gem.
Submitted by parent on October 20, 2019

Our experience at RHP and REN in the year that our son has attended this school has been one that every student should have. The teachers are dynamic, caring and truly invested in the kids. The Ed Specialists in the REN program are angels on Earth. My son has some learning differences and has thrived in this program because he is getting the support he needs, but is also held to a standard of personal growth and academic rigor that he can certainly meet. If you get the chance, spend five minutes talking to the Head of School, David Maher, and you won't have any hesitations about the mission, the heart or the future of this school. So grateful to be a parent of a RHP Husky!
Submitted by parent on October 18, 2019

It’s an amazing school, it’s like a big family, people are friendly and always helpful. I’m very grateful that my son attends this amazing school! Classes are small, your child gets all the support it needs, I can’t praise this great school and it’s wonderful teachers enough! I highly recommend Rolling Hills Prep and Renaissance School!
Submitted by parent on May 07, 2019

This school is making many changes that are focused on attracting new students and improving public image. The school should instead focus on improving the conditions for the current students because they are suffering. I recommend that you don’t consider sending your child to this school because soon they will be very unhappy.
Submitted by parent on October 04, 2018

excellent teachers, good academics and over all, healthy bodies, disciplined mind, sound character, creative spirits. They proved that, as my child graduated from RHP.
Submitted by parent on November 20, 2015

Rolling Hills Preparatory School is a phenomenal environment for any child. My son has been at the school now for 4 years and he has loved every single one of his teachers. He has blossomed both academically and socially in the safe and caring community.
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2015

I am an alumni and current parent. This school was the best place we put our son.He started here as a 6th grader and just graduated Magna Cum Laude and got into his dream college on early decision at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the engineering department. He was very prepared for college. My daughter started RHP as a 6th grader and just started their high school program. This school really prepares their students to be well rounded scuessful students. The atmosphere of a strong community is felt as soon as you step on campus.
Submitted by parent on March 24, 2015

The sense of caring about your child really comes across at this school. Academic success is fostered by teachers who challenge but support the students. Unlike the stuffy template that exists at at some private schools, there is a genuine celebration of individuality here. With a comfotable, uncrowded learning environment, both of our children were able to tap into hidden potential, experience things they never would have in a public school setting, and grow in ways we never thought possible.
Submitted by parent on March 05, 2011

We love being part of such a great school community. Every member of staff - teachers, head of schools and office all work amazingly hard to ensure every student gets individualized attention and an opportunity to reach their full potential. Friendly and welcoming to all, this small school has a diverse student body but keeps it's standards and expectations high. Really happy we found such a great place for our son.
Submitted by parent on January 09, 2011

Dreadful place. Run by a sycophant who hires many likeminded (poor) teachers. This program is not about quality. They don't have a development plan, they don't have an endowment, and they have a revolving door of staff. From the ticky-tacky stick-on letters tilting across their entrance, get a clue about the approach to quality level. Since it is a small school in an area of predominantly large, public programs, many kids come their way who have special needs for instructional support and a curriculum that is less challenging. Yet they pretend they are a standard private prep school. They don't even know their own population. Oh yes, they will enroll anybody as long as you can pay. Be forewarned.