Middle School Admissions and Enrollment
Parent Information Meetings
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In person:
January 29, 2025 - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Register Here
Virtual:
February 5, 2025 - 5:45 - 6:15 PM Register Here
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2025-2026 School Year
Open Enrollment for the 2025-26 school year will be from January 27, 2025, through February 28, 2025.
Important Dates for Middle School Open Enrollment:
January 27, 2025 - Application site opens at 12:01 AM PST: Apply Here
February 28, 2025 - Application site closes at 11:59 PM PST.
March 14, 2025 - Lottery will be held via Zoom.
May 1, 2025 - Post-Lottery application period opens.
Admission Preferences/Priority
Following the Open Enrollment period each year, applications will be counted to determine whether any grade level has received more applications than availability. In the event that this happens, admission will be offered according to the priority criteria sections listed below. If the number of remaining available spaces does not accomodate all students within a single priority section, the school will hold a random public lottery to determine enrollment for the impacted grade levels.
Those individuals whose names are drawn after all spaces have been filled will be placed on the waiting list in the order drawn, except if the preferences described below require otherwise.
OPA - Middle School Admission Preferences/Priority
- Students currently attending OPA-SV or OPA-SOC in grade 5
- Children of OPA staff (not to exceed 10% of total enrollment)
- Siblings of students admitted to or attending OPA-SOC, OPA-SV, and OPA-MS
- Children residing within the former Aliso Elementary School Attendance Boundary
- Children residing within the Saddleback Valley Unified School District
- Children residing within the Capistrano Unified School District
- All other applicants
Post-Lottery Applications
Post-lottery applications are for anyone who would like to apply to OPA but missed the Open Enrollment period and the lottery process.
Post-lottery portal opens at 12:01 AM on May 1, 2025. Access the application portal: Apply Here
Applications submitted will be placed on the waitlist in the order received, except for those who qualify for sibling preference and current OPA 5th-grade students applying to the Middle School, as outlined in the admission preference/priority below.
Prospective families interested in learning about the Middle School are welcome to schedule a tour. If the listed tour dates are full please contact our admissions office at 949-550-1900 to schedule a tour.
2024 - 2025 School Year
Complete a Post Lottery enrollment application at Apply OPA. Once your application is submitted you will be contacted by the Middle School Registrar with the next steps.
Any questions? Contact our office at 949-550-1900.
