Mission Basilica School

Mission Basilica School is more than a place to educate your children it is a community of amazing families. We enrolled our oldest daughter in kindergarten after a few terrible months in public school. The transition was tough on our daughter but eased by the welcome we received from the faculty and families.
Mission goes beyond the traditional education and offers so many amazing extras to its youngest students including sports, drama and art. My children have been enriched beyond expectations but more importantly they have been made to feel like they are part of a larger family. I believe Mission has provided them with a foundation that will serve them well beyond their years at the school.

What a personable school! This Catholic K-​8 school is tucked away behind the Historic Mission in San Juan Capistrano. They are a small campus but make up for it with personality and charm. All the parents are so dedicated to being a part of the small school family and it’s such a great atmosphere.
It’s really amazing to have the kids be part of history performing on the Mission grounds for St. Joseph’s Day and being in the Swallows’ Day Parade each year. They have so much fun! This school is very focused on our kids’ spiritual upbringing and they teach many leadership skills into the day.
I can’t say enough about how the kids have loved being a part of this lovely school.

I can’t say enough about this wonderful little school. My boys love it here. We tried out our local public school for one year before we decided to send our children to MBS. My boys are getting a wonderful education at a school where they feel safe, loved, and valued as individuals. Can’t ask for much more than that!

Mission Basilica Schol is the perfect fit for a family that wants an affordable Catholic education in a small school environment. MBS offers excellent academics and rich traditions, while teaching to the whole child through our varies programs such as Spanish, music, art, PE, drama, etc.

After having my children at Catholic School in Tustin off Main street and a catholic high school for 8 years in Santa Margarita, that my 4 children have attended since 3 years old, so for the past 19 years, I came to Mission Basilica school for the 1^st time this past school year. I have 2 older college age daughters and 2 elementary school boys. I came to this school because my 11 year old has a slight learning disability that the school claimed they could help. Forget the disability and lack of them being able to help them for a moment, and let me just say the bullying problem at this school is worse than any public or private I have heard of yet. My son got slapped in the face, pantsed in basketball, and humiliated daily. I learned of incidents of a girl being pushed in a locker resulting in authorities taking over, and other kids that were mentally and verbally attacked by other children. No consequence or punishment to these children was done.
***Don’t waste your money or time or risk your child well being at this school. The principal Tina is terrible and does nothing to help when you bring this to her attention.
I have now put my 11 year old in a school that protects and respects children with learning differences, while my other child is back at our school of the past 18 years in Tustin. There really is a difference in one school to the next. It was just a shock that a parochial school would allow such practices at their school.