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Welcome: School Profile
Every college and university to which an RHP student applies receives a copy of the School Profile below. The Profile provides a snapshot of the strength of the academic preparation that each RHP graduate has received. It is in the context of our very strong academic program that colleges consider applicants from RHP.
One Rolling Hills Prep Way
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School Code: 052681
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School and CommunityRolling Hills Preparatory School, founded in 1981, is an independent coeducational day school for grades six through twelve, located in a residential community outside of Los Angeles. Students are drawn from diverse economic, ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds. Approximately 25% of our students receive some degree of financial aid. |
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Accreditation |
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) |
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Memberships |
California Association of Independent Schools(CAIS) |
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Diploma Requirements |
For graduation, the school requires completion of the following credits (10 credits = 1 full year's course): English - 40 credits, Mathematics - 30 credits, Social Studies - 35 credits, Economics - 5 credits, Science - 30 credits, Foreign Language - 30 credits, Arts - 20 credits, P.E. - 10 credits, and Electives - 10 credits, for a total of 210 credits. |
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Grouping, Marks |
All courses at Rolling Hills Preparatory are college preparatory. Courses are heterogeneously grouped, with the exception of English I Honors, English II Honors, English III Honors, AP English Literature & Composition, AP English Language & Composition, World History II Honors, U.S. History Honors, Economics & Government Honors, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Physics B, Physics Honors, Chemistry Honors, French III Honors, Spanish III Honors, AP French, and AP Spanish. |
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Ranking |
As a small school, Rolling Hills Preparatory does not publish class rankings. |
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Grade Distribution |
A distribution of grades for the class of 2008's junior year, third trimester computed by number of students: |
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| GPA Distribution | Junior Year GPA: Number of students out of 32 (Class of 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A: 14 |
B: 13 | C: 4 | D: 1 | F:0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Faculty | 30
full-time, 9 part-time MA/MS: 21, BA/BS: 14, Doctorate: 2 Average class size: 17 Faculty/Student Ratio- 1:9 |
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| Enrollment | 228
(Grades 6-12) Class of 2006: 39, Class of 2007: 3,1 Class of 2008: 32 |
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| Additional
Academic Information |
72%
of the senior class will have taken 4 years of Mathematics. 80% of the senior class will have taken 4 years of Science. 27% of the senior class will have taken 4 years of Foreign Language. 100% of the senior class will have taken 4 years of English. 100% of the senior class will have taken 4 years of Social Studies. |
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| College Information | The following are the colleges attended by recent RHP graduates: Amherst College, Arizona State University, Babson College, Barnard College, Baylor University, Bennington College, Boston University, Brigham Young University, Brooks Institute of Photography, California Lutheran University, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Chico, CSU Fullerton, CSU Northridge, CSU Long Beach, CSU Pomona, Carnegie Mellon University, Chapman University, Columbia University, Cornell University, El Camino College, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, George Washington University, Hampton University, Hope International University, Lafayette College, Lake Forest College, Loyola Marymount University, Marquette University, Maryland Institute College of Art, Marymount College, New School University, New York University, Northwestern University, Occidental College, Ohio State University, Old Dominion University, Otis College of Arts and Design, Palomar College, Purdue University, Rhode Island School of Design, St. Lawrence University, San Diego State University, San Jose State University, Santa Clara University, Smith College, Sonoma State University, Southern Methodist University, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, Syracuse University, University of Arizona, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Davis, U.C. Irvine, U.C.L.A., U.C. Riverside, U.C. Santa Barbara, U.C. Santa Cruz, U.C. San Diego, University of Connecticut, University of Denver, University of Durham, University of Hawaii - Manoa, University of Miami, University of Michigan, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, University of the Pacific, University of Pennsylvania, University of Puget Sound, University of Redlands, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, University of Southern California, University of Washington, Washington University - St. Louis, Western State College of Colorado, Wheaton College, Whitman College, Whittier College. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College Information | Number
in Class of 2007: 31 Attending four-year colleges: 24 Attending two-year colleges: 6 Entering Military: 1 |
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| Average SAT 1 | Class
of 2005: V 551, M 551 |
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