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Santa Margarita Catholic High School (SMCHS) is a coeducational college preparatory Roman Catholic high school located in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, United States. SMCHS is owned and operated by the Diocese of Orange, and was opened in 1987 under the direction of the Bishop of Orange.
We are dedicated to working in union with families to provide a transformative, college preparatory education encompassing the student’s religious, moral, intellectual, physical, and personal well-being within the framework of our Catholic identity.
Santa Margarita is a co-ed college-prep school with nearly 1,700 students. SMCHS is honored by the U.S. Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School and ranked as a top private school in the nation by the Washington Post.
Santa Margarita Catholic High School has been blessed with strong enrollment for the incoming Class of 2028. As such, we have now moved to a waitlist for the 2024-2025 freshman class. If your son or daughter is interested in joining the Eagle family, we encourage you to apply.
Learn more about Santa Margarita Catholic High School here - See an overview of the school, get student population data, enrollment information, test scores and more.
La diócesis de Columbus (en latín: Dioecesis Columbensis y en inglés: Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus) es una circunscripción eclesiástica de la Iglesia católica en Estados Unidos.
