Orange County Dept. of Education
The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) is a public education organization based on fundamental human values of honesty, commitment, responsibility, respect, integrity and professional ethics. Our priority is service to students, districts and the community who look to us for support and educational leadership. We believe that the public deserves our complete candor and objectivity in our delivery of all services.


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Brea Junior High School

Orange County List of Schools
Complete list of school districts in the Orange County Department of Education system. Elementary, Middle School and High Schools.

Directions and individual school websites can be found through this link.

Access-Alternative Education
Alternative, Charter, and Correctional Education Schools and Services (ACCESS) provides educational options to diverse student populations referred by local school districts, probation, and social services.

2-Way Language Immersion Program
Exclusive to Las Palmas and San Juan Elementary Schools
Help your children learn to think, read, write and speak naturally in two languages! Capistrano Unified School District's intensive 2-Way Language Immersion Program is designed for students to:

• Achieve proficiency in English and Spanish while developing high level academic skills
• Build strong thinking and reasoning for problem solving in math and science
• Provide them with the cutting edge for admission in colleges and universities that value and promote biliterate, multicultural and global learning
• Perform at or above grade level in academic areas
• Prepare them for a real world with positive opportunities and challenges

Mission Parish School
Kindergarten through 8th Grade
Located in San Juan Capistrano
Catholic Parochial school with single grade classrooms from Junior Kindergarten through Eighth Grade. Founded in 1928, Mission Parish School is steeped in a rich heritage begun over 200 years ago.

Pacific Coast High School
is a part of the Orange County Charter School. In a home-based learning environment, we strive to fulfill a mission to graduate responsible, life-long learners; who are skilled productive citizens that are career or college bound. We are a college-format high school offering all state required courses as well as a creative array of electives.

Rancho Capistrano
Pre-school through 8th Grade
Located on acres of pristine grounds, Rancho Capistrano Christian School is dedicated to providing a positive learning environment that addresses the 'whole' student while fostering the development of each student's gifts and talents. Providing small class sizes, rigorous academic curriculum & enrichment with Spanish, Computers, Fine Arts & Athletics.

VanDamme Academy
Kindergarten through 8th Grade
Located in Laguna Hills
VanDamme Academy offers a quality education of the kind that has been lost for generations. We teach the fascinating story of history, not the fragmented facts-and-figures subject of social studies. We teach timeless classics of literature, not dry, didactic textbook readers. We teach science through presentations that unlock principles governing the physical world, not as technical jargon to be memorized. Our students graduate with extensive knowledge, enthusiasm for life and learning, and the ability to express themselves clearly and eloquently. 15/1 ratio; no homework.