Cheviot Hills is a residential Westside neighborhood near Century City, with detached homes on rolling streets and public recreation concentrated around Motor Avenue. The neighborhood association dates its development to the 1920s.
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center, the municipal pool and Rancho Park’s golf facilities occupy the nearby recreation grounds. Palms–Rancho Park Branch Library is on Overland Avenue, with a posted maintenance closure from October 19, 2026 through February 7, 2027. Bus routes connect the area with the E Line and Santa Monica.
Schools
The LAUSD Resident School Identifier identifies assigned schools by residential address. SAS, magnet and language programs have separate admissions requirements; the schools below describe their own programs and enrollment procedures.
Overland Avenue Elementary
Overland Avenue Elementary serves TK–5 at 10650 Ashby Avenue, with library, arts, STEM and gardening programs. It is a School for Advanced Studies; applications for SAS permits depend on eligibility and available space. Its California Smarter Balanced results for 2024–25 were:
90.41% of tested students met or exceeded the state standard in English Language Arts.
90.41% also met or exceeded the state standard in mathematics.
Castle Heights Elementary
Castle Heights Elementary is a nearby TK–5 school with a School for Advanced Studies designation and Spanish dual-language instruction. Its programs include science, art and technology. The school’s 2024–25 Smarter Balanced results were:
80.45% of tested students met or exceeded the English Language Arts standard.
79.54% met or exceeded the mathematics standard.
Palms Middle School
Palms Middle School offers several pathways:
Community School
School for Advanced Studies
Gifted Magnet
Media Magnet
Spanish World Language Immersion Program
Its Gifted Magnet received Merit School of Distinction recognition in 2025 and 2026. Admission to that magnet requires eligibility; the school’s program page links the application information.
Alexander Hamilton High School
Alexander Hamilton Senior High School has Performing Arts and Humanities magnets, a School for Advanced Studies program and neighborhood small schools focused on Business and Visual Arts.
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center
Cheviot Hills Recreation Center is at 2551 S. Motor Avenue. The City’s park assessment inventories baseball fields, basketball, gymnasiums, a multipurpose field, a playground, a pool and 14 tennis courts across the wider site, which includes Rancho Park Golf Course.
Cheviot Hills Pool
Cheviot Hills Pool is at 2693 Motor Avenue. The City lists it as a seasonal outdoor, unheated pool; swim sessions and lessons follow the aquatics program’s schedule, separately from recreation-center classes.
Archery, tennis and golf
The Rancho Park archery facilities are part of the local recreation grounds. Rancho Park Golf Course is a public 18-hole, par-71 course with a lighted driving range, practice putting greens and lessons.
The separate Rancho Park 3-Par course has nine holes and is also operated by LA City Golf. The two courses have separate booking and course information pages.
Palms–Rancho Park library: temporary closure
The Palms–Rancho Park Branch Library is at 2920 Overland Avenue. LAPL’s current notice lists a closure from October 19, 2026 through February 7, 2027 for facility maintenance and painting. The branch normally provides computers, printing and a Student Zone; those listings do not mean the building is open during the closure.
Housing prices
Detached homes include older houses and properties that have been renovated or replaced. Zillow reported a typical Cheviot Hills home value of about $2.44 million, with data updated September 30, 2026. This is a neighborhood home-value index, rather than a price for a particular house.
Bus and rail connections
Big Blue Bus Route 5
Big Blue Bus Route 5 links Palms Station on the E Line with Century City and Santa Monica. Its August 9, 2026 map shows the Motor Avenue, Manning Avenue and National Boulevard corridor; service runs on weekdays, with no weekend or listed holiday service.
Big Blue Bus Route 7
Route 7 follows Pico Boulevard, linking the area with Santa Monica. Its timetable marks E Line connections at Expo/Sepulveda and Downtown Santa Monica and has separate weekday and weekend tables.
Local crime information
LAPD’s West Los Angeles Community Police Station serves Cheviot Hills and other Westside communities. The department’s Crime Mapping and COMPSTAT page links incident-data tools. When checked October 18, 2026, it carried a notice about updates to its data feed; reporting dates and coverage matter when interpreting the results.
More neighborhood coverage
The Los Angeles neighborhood guide introduces other parts of the city. Separate guides cover Brentwood, Mar Vista, Porter Ranch and Playa Vista.
Sources and data notes
School results, housing, golf, pool and transit sources were checked October 18, 2026. The City’s recreation-site inventory, library maintenance-closure notice and photo provenance were rechecked October 19. School percentages describe 2024–25; the housing index was updated September 30, 2026. The facility inventory does not establish class availability or pool opening dates.
Schools and enrollment
Community and public recreation
Housing, transport and safety
Photo credit
Club Circle Park, Cheviot Hills — January 2015 by Jfc4me, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archival photograph; current conditions may differ.
Additional recreation and transit sources
LA Park Needs Assessment: Cheviot Hills Recreation Center — site facilities and Motor Avenue address.
Route 5 map and timetable and Route 7 map and timetable — effective August 9, 2026.