Middle School Admissions and Enrollment
2025-2026 School Year
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2025-2026 school year!
Post-Lottery Applications
OPA is currently in the post-lottery time frame. Post-lottery applications are for anyone who would like to apply to OPA but missed the Open Enrollment period and the lottery process.
If applying to a grade that is currently at capacity, the application 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.
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
Prospective families interested in learning about the Middle School are welcome to schedule a tour.
Visit our Middle School Tours page to schedule a visit!
