Orange Coast College’s Middle College High School provides a challenging environment on OCC’s campus for high school juniors and seniors. The school is a unique collaboration between Orange Coast College and the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.

Middle College High School provides high school juniors and seniors with a supportive and academically challenging atmosphere. It is designed specifically for students who, for a variety of reasons, may not be performing up to their full potential in a traditional high school setting. Classes are small, and individual attention is emphasized. High school classes are conducted from 7:35 am until 2:00 pm.

MCHS is a unique, full-time high school; students must enroll in five high school classes and one or two college courses (exceptions only with administrative approval). Students must live in Costa Mesa or Newport Beach, be in 11th or 12th grade and near grade level in credits.

Because students have access to a host of Orange Coast College resources, many will graduate from the program at the end of their senior year with a substantial number of college units to their credit. Those units will apply at OCC, or will transfer directly to another college or university.

For more information, please contact the Middle College High School Counseling Office at (714) 432-5732