Dapplegray Elementary

Dapplegray Elementary (K-5)

Ages 5–11 · Free

Dapplegray Elementary is a public school for kindergarten through fifth grade at 3011 Palos Verdes Drive North in Rolling Hills Estates, part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Principal Annie Ernandes, Ed.D., describes a strong literacy curriculum that is enhanced by specialized programs in mathematics, arts, science, history and technology. The school website links to Special Programs, an English Language Development program, physical education, a library media center, music and enrichment. The school theme is Colts Care, which focuses on social-emotional learning and parent partnership. Recent events include a Family Reading Night with a book fair and storytelling festival, a Red Ribbon Week themed Healthy Me, Happy Me, and a Skechers Friendship Walk from Manhattan Beach Pier to Hermosa Beach Pier. Enrollment is by neighborhood, tuition is free, and students are about five to eleven years old.

• Public school
• Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified
• Price level: Budget: low prices or free
• Getting in: By neighborhood: the school for your address
• Free, state-funded or takes childcare subsidies: yes

• Public school, no tuition.