Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6
Melinda Heights Elementary, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 950
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.0
- Students per teacher
- 28.8
- Grades
- K to 6
This school's ratio is 6.1 higher than the district figure of 22.7. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 21001 Rancho Trabuco, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
- Phone
- (949)888-7311
- District
- Saddleback Valley Unified
- County
- Orange County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 063386007200
School meals
- Free lunch
- 166
- Reduced-price lunch
- 98
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 26427.8% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 97Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Saddleback Valley Unified
- Foothill Ranch Elementary 990 students
- Ralph A. Gates DLI Magnet Elementary 896 students
- Portola Hills Elementary 809 students
- Lake Forest Elementary 640 students
- Trabuco Mesa Elementary 640 students
- Rancho Canada Elementary 633 students
- La Madera Elementary 554 students
- De Portola Elementary 540 students
- Valencia Elementary 525 students
- Santiago STEAM Magnet Elementary 517 students
- Cielo Vista Elementary 487 students
- Lomarena Elementary 487 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Rancho Santa Margarita
- Arroyo Vista Elementary Capistrano Unified
- Las Flores Elementary Capistrano Unified
- Tijeras Creek Elementary Capistrano Unified
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.