City School
District
# of
Schools
Total # of
crossing guard
posts
City employees
vs. contract
Crossing
guards per
School
Funding from the
School District
City Cost
(FY 25-26)
Redondo
Redondo
Beach Unified
School District
11 27 posts
12 part-time
positions allocated
in the budget,
supplemented with
contract services
(ACMS)
2.45 None $579,600
Torrance
Torrance
Unified School
District
29 32 posts
16 part-time
positions allocated
in the budget,
supplemented with
contract services
(ACMS)
1.10 None $620,472
Hermosa
Hermosa
Beach School
District
3 14 posts Fully contracted
(ACMS) 4.67 None $315,315
Manhattan
Beach
Manhattan
Beach School
District
7 26 posts Fully contracted
(ACMS) 3.71 None $500,000
Lawndale
Lawndale
Elementary
School District
8 8 posts Fully contracted
(ACMS) 1.00 None $161,936
Hawthorne Hawthorne
School District 11 12 posts Fully contracted (ACMS) 1.09 The City cost is
paid to the School
District
$117,500
Rancho Palos
Verdes Palos Verdes
Peninsula
Unified School
District*
16 7 posts
(4 schools)
Fully contracted
(ACMS)
1.75 43% City
57% School District
and Peninsula
Education
Foundation
$64,400
Rolling Hills
Estates
4 posts
(3 schools) 1.33
City only pays for 4
posts; additional
posts are covered
by the School
District
$96,837
Riverside
Alvord
Unified School
District
15 (13
additional
sites are
100%
covered by
the school
district) 87 posts Fully contracted
(ACMS) 1.05 45% City55% School District $714,873
Riverside
Unified School
District
49 (6
additional
sites are
100%
covered by
the school
district)
*Confirmed Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills do not have crossing guards Updated as of August 15, 2025