Rancho Del Mar High, the Palos Verdes Peninsula’s 3rd public high school

Rancho del Mar, a small continuation high school, is located just off of Crest road, just to the east of Crenshaw Blvd. This high school, located in Rolling Hills, offers an individualized teaching plan educational program for students whose personalities, needs, and interests get lost in the traditional high school. This was the original location of a junior college in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s called Palos Verdes College.

There actually had been plans to build another high school in Rancho Palos Verdes, “Peninsula High School” was the name that was supposed to have been given to the 4th high school that would have been built on the land across Highridge Rd. from Ridgecrest Intermediate School. However, that school was never built, and the land was sold by the School District for $6,000,000 to a developer (which caused quite a furor since many thought it was below market value).

Historical photo above of Palos Verdes College in 11949, now the location of Rancho del Mar High School