As many parents know, finding, researching and previewing potential schools for your children can be a difficult but rewarding task. For parents in the San Pedro area, there are many school choices.

The San Pedro area is served by the Los Angeles Unified School district, and options include 14 elementary schools, two intermediate schools and four high schools.

Parents can visit SanPedro.com for more information or search for schools on Lausd.net. Or check out other sites like Education.com and Greatschools.org and Zillow for more detailed information about each school, such as reviews, enrollment and test scores.

Elementary Schools

Park Western Place Elementary School
1214 Park Western Place
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (310) 833-3591
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Taper Avenue Elementary School
1824 Taper Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 832-3056
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

South Shores/Csudh Visual and Performing Arts School
2060 West 35th Street
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (310) 832-6596
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Seventh Street Elementary School
1570 West Seventh Street
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (310) 832-1538
Type: Public
Grades: K-5
Website: [www.lausd.k12.ca.us http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/7th_St_EL]

White Point Elementary School
1410 Silvius Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 833-5232
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Point Fermin Marine Science Magnet School
3333 Kerckhoff Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 832-2649
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Leland Street Elementary School
2120 South Leland Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 832-0505
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Bandini Street Elementary School
425 North Bandini Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 832-4593
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Fifteenth Street Elementary School
1527 South Mesa Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 547-3323
Type: Public
Grades: K-5
Website: www.lausd.k12.ca.us

Barton Hill Elementary School
423 North Pacific Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 547-2471
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School
732 South Cabrillo Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 832-6446
Type: Public
Grades: K-5

Holy Trinity School

1226 W Santa Cruz St
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (310) 833-0703
Type: Private
Grades: K-8
Website: www.holytrinitysp.org

Holy Tinity School
1226 W Santa Cruz St
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (310) 833-0703
Type: Private
Grades: K-8
Website: www.holytrinitysp.org

Mary Star of the Sea Elementary
717 South Cabrillo Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 831-0875
Type: Private
Grades: K-8

Intermediate Schools

Richard Henry Dana Middle School
1501 South Cabrillo Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 241-1100
Type: Public
Grades: 5-8
Website: www.danams.org
 

Rolling Highs Prep School
1 Rolling Hills Prep Way
San Pedro, CA 90732
Phone: (310) 791-1101
Type: Private
Grades: 6-12


High Schools

San Pedro Senior High School
1001 West 15TH St
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 241-5800
Type: Public
Grades: 7-12
Website: www.sanpedrohs.org

Port of Los Angeles High School
250 West Fifth Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 832-9201
Type: Charter
Grades: 8-12
Website: www.polahs.net

Mary of the Sea High School
2500 North Taper Avenue
San Pedro, CA 90731
Phone: (310) 547-1138
Type: Private
Grades: 9-12
Website: www.marystarhigh.com

Take a look over this high school and it seems to be as large as a small college campus. That’s because the more than 50 acres it covers is, in fact, as big as some small college campus’. Their standard of excellence is now reflected in the new facilities including athletic fields, Student Union (cafeteria), main office and Library Media Center, among others.

Students have the opportunity to select from a variety of classes and to challenge themselves in Honors and Advanced Placement classes with teachers who have engaging and stimulating lessons and an impressive AP pass rate. In 2012, there was an 83% pass rate with 677 students taking 1371 AP Exams.

Despite being around for 100 years, Redondo looks to the future in offering new classes like AP Chinese and Expository Reading and Writing, and programs such as STEM, which includes Biomedical Science, Engineering, and Environmental Pathways. They provide students with many opportunities to take part in whatever sparks their interest, and to provide guidance in these programs so students can gain confidence and learn the skills that they will use in life after high school. The journalism and yearbook program, for example, have Adobe software that is used by premier newspaper and design organizations.

Additional Programs & Honors:

• Academic Decathlon – Placed 6th in LA County and participated in the state competition.
  
• Academy of Health and Fitness- a school within a school focusing on career paths in Health and Fitness.
  
• AVID – Advancement Via Individual Determination provides academic preparation for middle-performing students who desire to attend college.
  
• Beach Cities Robotics –award winning program inspires interest in science and technology by partnering students with adult mentors. 2010 World Champions in the FIRST competition.
  
• ELD-designed to support students of limited English Proficiency
  
• MCJROTC – A leadership education program, which instills a value of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment. 2010 Naval Honor School.
  
• Outstanding Achievement Award for performing in the top 5% of all California schools.
  
• Safe School Ambassador and Link Crew implementation.
  
• Special Education- special instruction in a Special Day Class or Resource Specialist Program for students with identified special learning needs.
  
• 30 CIF Championship Finals in athletic programs.
  
• 2003 – 2006, 2008 & 2009 Pacemaker Finalist, the Pulitzer Prize of high school journalism in both yearbook and newspaper.
  
• 2009/2010 National Scholastic Press Association All American, 10 times in 11 years and NSPA Hall of Fame.
  

Quick Look:

• Redondo Union High School (RUHS), a comprehensive high school, is located approximately ten miles southwest of metropolitan Los Angeles.
  
• RUHS is a public four-year secondary school in the city of Redondo Beach.
  
• The community is comprised of primarily professional middle and upper income families. Enrollment is just over 2,500 students taught by a faculty of over one hundred teachers.
  
• 58% of teachers have earned the equivalent to a Masters degree or higher.
  
• RUHS is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and has regularly received six-year accreditations.
  

The Torrance Unified School District (TUSD), a college prep district, has its act together. According to Newsweek 2012, Torrance High School was ranked among the top 1000 schools in the nation, coming in at 750. You may say to yourself, “That doesn’t sound all that impressive,” but when you consider the fact that California is languishing near the bottom as far tax dollars per classroom are concerned, Torrance High's placement well within the top 1000 schools in the entire nation is fairly impressive! There are approximately 26,407 public secondary schools total in the U.S.

Torrance High School By The Numbers

• 100% graduation rate
• 94% of grads are college bound
• An average SAT score of 1568

Check out this article Torrance schools: Excelling in tough times for a full report of just how well Torrance schools perform, on average, compared with the rest.

In addition to impressive statistics, Torrance High also recently finished 144th in the Washington Post High School Challenge Index which rates how effectively schools prepare their students for college.

As a California Distinguished School, Torrance High School is known for its plethora of academic options and is now creating quite a reputation for churning out college ready grads, despite California public schools falling victim to more and more budget cuts.