2026-2027 Admission Information

1. Children of OPA staff (not to exceed 10% of total enrollment)
2. Siblings of students admitted to or attending OPA-SV
3. Siblings of students admitted to or attending OPA-MS
4. Children residing within the former Aliso Elementary School Attendance Boundary
5. Children residing within Saddleback Valley Unified School District
6. Children enrolled in OPA-Virtual Learning
7. All other applicants

1. Children of OPA staff (not to exceed 10% of total enrollment)
2. Siblings of students admitted to or attending OPA-SOC
3. Siblings of students admitted to or attending OPA-MS who previously attended OPA-SOC
4. Children residing within the former Barcelona Hills Elementary School Attendance Boundary
5. Children enrolled in OPA-Virtual Learning
6. Children residing within the Capistrano Valley Unified School District
7. All other applicants

1. Students currently attending OPA-SV or OPA-SOC in grade 5
2. Children of OPA staff (not to exceed 10% of total enrollment)
3. Siblings of students admitted to or attending OPA-SOC, OPA-SV, and OPA-MS
4. Children residing within the former San Joaquin Elementary School Attendance Boundary
5. Children residing within the Saddleback Valley Unified School District
6. Children residing within the Capistrano Unified School District
7. All other applicants

Please visit our application page (www.applyOPA.com ) during Open Enrollment to access our online application.  To successfully apply, you will need to fill out the online application and submit it.  Enrollment will be offered based on available openings for each grade.  Waiting lists will be formed for grades with more applicants than openings.  The waiting lists will expire at the end of each school year.

Oxford Preparatory Academy Open Enrollment for the 2026-27 school year will be from January 5, 2026 through February 13, 2026. The lottery will be held on March 2, 2026. 

Parent Information Meetings and school tours will be held for prospective parents to learn more about our school sites.

In-person information meetings:

OPA-South Orange County: January 27, 2026 - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM  

OPA-Middle School: January 28, 2026 - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM  

OPA-Saddleback Valley: January 29, 2026 - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 

Virtual information meetings:

Dates TBD, but typically the first week of February.

You can apply to Oxford Preparatory Academy from anywhere; but in order to enroll, you need to be a resident of Orange County or an adjacent county.  Those students who are applying to the South Orange County Campus in Mission Viejo who reside within the Capistrano Unified School District boundaries will be given a preference in the lottery. Those students who are applying to the Saddleback Valley Campus in Lake Forest who reside within the Saddleback Valley Unified School District boundaries will be given a preference in the lottery.

No, you do not. On our application site, you will have the option to apply to both our Elementary school campuses and our Middle School campus. Applying at any of our sites will not have any affect on your chance for placement at any of our locations. You may also apply for the OPA Virtual Learning Program on the same application.

It depends.

Refer to the admissions preferences/priority list above for specifics for each school. 

No. Entry into Oxford’s programs are not on a first-come, first-served basis. Families have a minimum of 30 days to complete the online application form during Open Enrollment. All verified, eligible online applications submitted during the Open Enrollment period will be entered into the lottery. Open Enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year is from January 5, 2026 - February 13, 2026.

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, the school will hold a random public lottery to determine enrollment for the impacted grade levels.

• The lottery will take place on a given published date. (The lottery for the 2026-2027 school year will take place on March 2, 2026.)
• OPA will comply with all applicable state and federal laws and with the Chartering Authority policy as it relates to the oversight of charter schools.
• The lottery shall draw names from a general pool of ballots.
• Siblings of students placed during the random public lottery will also be placed depending upon space available at the given grade level during the lottery process.
• The drawing shall continue until all names are drawn. 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 above require otherwise.

Siblings of students placed during the random public lottery will also be placed depending upon space available at the given grade level during the lottery process. If space is not available in the sibling’s grade level, that sibling will be placed on the Sibling Priority Wait List. The remaining names will be placed on a waiting list based on the order drawn from the random public lottery (at each grade level).

After the lottery, you will receive an email with your waitlist number. You may also log in to our application page (applyopa.com) at any time to see your child’s current waitlist number. Lottery results will also be posted on campus for a week following the lottery.

After the lottery, you may log in to our application page (applyopa.com) any time to see your child’s current waitlist number.  Please note: If another applicant becomes eligible for the Sibling Priority in the grade to which your student applied, your student’s waitlist number could go up.

Yes! Families who have missed the Open Enrollment window can be added to our Post Lottery Wait List after the lottery has taken place. The waiting lists will expire at the end of each school year.

Yes, Oxford Preparatory Academy has full day kindergarten. Kindergarten starts at 8:30am every day and ends at 2:25pm Monday through Thursday and at 12:10pm on Fridays during our regular bell schedule.