Coto de Caza is a census-designated place (CDP) and guard-gated private community in Orange County, California. The population was 13,057 at the 2000 census.

The CDP is a suburban planned community of about 4,000 homes, and one of Orange County’s oldest and most expensive master planned communities. The project began in 1968, when it was envisioned as a hunting lodge, now the Lodge at Coto de Caza, and the community was completed in 2003. Around the town there are still undeveloped lots available for purchase. Currently there are two 18-hole golf courses, and two club houses, one considered the “old club” and the other the “new club.” The new club, the Coto De Caza Golf & Racquet Club, harbors the facilities of the two golf courses and adjacent ten tennis courts. The old club, located in the residential area known as “the Village,” was once home to tennis guru and teacher Vic Braden. The old club was also the home location for the Coto de Caza Youth Swim Team. The new club finished construction of the new Spa & Sports Club building in April 2008 that houses a new fitness center with state of the art StarTrac exercise equipment, a spa with many services, a snack bar with Starbuck’s coffee, and the Michael Chang tennis hall of fame and member lounge. The golf courses are both Robert Trent Jones Jr. design. The North course was rated the most difficult golf course in all of Orange County.

The community is the setting of the reality-based television show The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo.

Coto de Caza contains commercial endeavors, Lodge at Coto de Caza, The Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club, & The Coto de Caza General Store. Residents shop seven minutes away in Rancho Santa Margarita, ten minutes away in Mission Viejo, two minutes away in Las Flores, or four minutes away in Ladera Ranch. Most students in Coto de Caza reside in the Capistrano Unified School District and attend Wagon Wheel Elementary, Tijeras Creek Elementary, Las Flores Middle School, Tesoro High School, and Santa Margarita Catholic High School (not part of Capistrano Unified). The majority of the community is tract homes, with collections of customs on the outskirts off the main streets. Coto de Caza is twenty minutes from the Interstate 5 freeway and five minutes from the 241 toll road to Irvine and then Riverside County.

While some residents believe that “Coto de Caza” means “Preserve of the Hunt” in Portuguese, this is erroneous. Actually, “Coto de Caza” is Spanish for “Hunt Reserve” and implies that the reserve is private.

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Elementary Schools

5 Elementary Schools found within 3 miles radius.

School	Type	Grade Level	Enrollment	Students per Teacher
Wagon Wheel Elementary School Phone: (949) 589-1953 30912 Bridle Path, Coto de Caza, CA 92679	Public	K-5	823	28
Tijeras Creek Elementary School Phone: (949) 234-5300 23072 Avenida Empresa, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688	Public	K-5	587	28
Serra Catholic School Phone: (949) 888-1990 23652 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688	Private	K-8	993	17
Rancho Viejo Montessori School Phone: (949) 459-0199 29782 Avenida de Las Bandera, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 www.ranchoviejoschool.com	Private, Montessori	PK, K-6	142	9
Arroyo Vista Elementary School Phone: (949) 234-5951 23371 Arroyo Vista, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688	Public	K-5	622	28

Middle Schools

2 Middle Schools found within 3 miles radius.

School	Type	Grade Level	Enrollment	Students per Teacher
Serra Catholic School Phone: (949) 888-1990 23652 Antonio Pkwy, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688	Private	K-8	993	17
Arroyo Vista Middle School Phone: (949) 234-5951 23371 Arroyo Vista, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688	Public	6-8	421	27

High Schools

1 High Schools found within 3 miles radius.

School	Type	Grade Level	Enrollment	Students per Teacher
Tesoro High School Phone: (949) 234-5310 1 Tesoro Creek Rd, Las Flores, CA 92688 http://www.tesorohighschool.com	Public	9-12	2622	28