FAQs

School hours are 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for all grades TK-6.  Students may be dropped off in the morning from 7:30 a.m. and optional aftercare runs until 5:00 p.m. 

Village was founded in 1977.

Yes! All students pay a transportation fee which supports a bus service utilized by approximately half of our students. We have five routes servicing multiple areas in Santa Monica, West L.A., Brentwood, and Pacific Palisades, as well as neighboring areas including Mar Vista, Westchester, Venice, Westwood, Malibu, and Beverly Hills. 

There is no one answer to this question! Our students represent over 30 different zip codes. A snapshot of our Kindergarten Class of 2032: 35% identify as people of color, and they join us from 18 different preschools and homes where Armenian, Cantonese, Estonian, Farsi, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese are heard and spoken.

1:5. Grades TK-4 have two teachers per grade level classroom and per specialist class.  Grades 5 & 6 (the Upper Division) have homeroom teachers and a departmentalized curriculum where they go as a homeroom cohort from class to class.

In addition to their core academics of math, reading, writing, literature, and global studies, Village students have the following specialist classes:

• DREAM Studio (Design, Research, Engineer, Art, Make)
• Information & Imagination (Library)
• Math Lab
• Media Arts (Upper Division)
• Navigation (Upper Division)
• Performing Arts
• Physical Education & Wellness
• Science Lab
• Spanish
• Visual Arts

Learn more about our academic program

Learn more about our specialist classes 

Village partners with Fresh Lunches to provide an optional hot lunch program. Meals are delivered daily, and students eat together on one of two outdoor terraces.

Yes! Parents are often on campus to participate in volunteer activities, classroom presentations, or school events such as Monday Morning Meeting. 

Tuition for 2025-26 is $39,828 for all grade levels.

Village has both an aftercare program until 5:00 p.m. and various optional after school enrichment activities including competitive athletic teams, sports, arts, STEAM, and clubs ranging from chess to Harry Potter. These programs are available for additional fees. Click here for more information.

We are enormously proud of our graduates and the success they have found in middle and high school! We take great care to help our families find the right fit for secondary school. Our graduates currently attend:

• Archer School for Girls
• Brentwood School
• Crossroads School
• Geffen Academy
• Harvard-Westlake School
• Marlborough School
• New Roads School
• Viewpoint School
• Wildwood School
• Windward School  

Colleges and universities Village alumni currently attend include:

• Bard College
• Berklee College of Music 
• Boston College
• Boston University
• Brown University
• Cal Poly Pomona
• Colgate University
• Cornell University
• George Washington University 
• Gettysburg College 
• Harvard University 
• Oberlin College
• Loyola Marymount University 
• Pitzer College 
• New York University
• Skidmore College
• Stanford University
• Syracuse University
• The New School
• Tufts University
• Tulane University
• UC Berkeley
• UCLA
• UCSB
• University of Chicago
• University of Colorado
• University of Miami 
• University of Michigan
• University of North Carolina
• University of Oregon
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Southern California 
• University of Texas 
• University of Wisconsin
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Wesleyan University 
• Yale University