EL RANCHO CHARTER School

2026-2027 REGISTRATION

We are looking forward to the 2026-2027 school year! Student are currently pre-enrolled at El Rancho. Please follow the steps below to complete your student's registration. If you have more than one student attending El Rancho, complete the process for each student.

Step 1: Starting August 1st, complete the El Rancho Registration by clicking HERE

Step 2: Log in to the Parent Portal to verify your information, update Emergency Contacts, and print the Emergency Card. Parent Portal Login

***Both Steps 1 and 2 must be completed before your registration day on August 11th or 12th. ***

Step 3: Something for Everyone Donation! We appreciate your participation. FLYER

Step 4: Attend registration on your day and time to have your student take their picture, receive their ID card, class list, and textbooks, drop off any paperwork, and purchase uniforms. Registration Dates and Times

Please make sure to bring the following documents with you to registration:

Emergency Card with your signature at the bottom
Immunization Records, if you have not already provided them.
Physician’s Request for Medication, if necessary.
California Healthy Youth Act Form
Purchase Order Form

If you have questions, please contact our registrar, Amanda Abifadel, at 714-997-6238 starting July 29th.

Steps to Enroll Your Student for 2026-2027

STEP ONE

Complete the new student enrollment process on the Orange Unified School District website. At the link below, please click the option "New to OUSD" or "Previously Attended OUSD" and follow the steps.

🔗 REGISTRATION FORM

STEP TWO

Once you complete the online enrollment paperwork, please contact our Registrar or stop by our school office to submit your student’s enrollment documents.

Registrar Contact Information:

Amanda Abifadel – amanda.abifadel@orangeusd.org

Jennifer Ahrendt – jahrendt@orangeusd.org

Phone: (714) 997-6238

STEP THREE

🔗 PARENT PORTAL

STEP FOUR

Complete the El Rancho Registration form by clicking this link:

🔗 REGISTRATION FORM

Open Enrollment & Inter-District Transfer

INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER

Inter-District Transfer is an application process for students who live outside of the Orange Unified School District boundaries. To apply for your student to attend El Rancho Charter School on an Inter-District Transfer, please complete the online application below. Applications submitted during the school year will be reviewed, subject to space availability.

🔗 INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER FORM

OPEN ENROLLMENT

Open Enrollment is an application process for students who live outside the El Rancho Charter School attendance boundaries but within the Orange Unified School District boundaries. To apply for your student to attend El Rancho Charter School on Open Enrollment, please complete the online application below. Applications submitted during the school year will be reviewed, subject to space availability.

The 2026–2027 El Rancho Charter School priority order of enrollment is:

Resident students within the school boundaries.
Open Enrollment students who are continuing at El Rancho.
New Open Enrollment requests who are siblings of continuing students.
New Open Enrollment requests who are children of El Rancho Charter School employees.
New Open Enrollment requests who are children of OUSD employees.
New Open Enrollment requests of students who reside in OUSD.
Inter-district transfer permits students who reside outside of the OUSD boundaries.

If you are unsure of your assigned home school, please use the school locator map linked below to search by address.

🔗 SCHOOL LOCATOR MAP

Open Enrollment forms must be submitted during the Open Enrollment period, which runs from January 12 to January 26, 2026. Once the window closes, a lottery drawing will be held for all applicants, and we will notify you upon acceptance.

🔗 OPEN ENROLLMENT FORM

Enrollment