Overview
About Coronado
Coronado covers 71.1 acres in two parts and records 302 addresses on 302 parcels, with a median lot of 0.159 acres, among the largest medians in this guide. Fourteen streets run 2.31 miles inside the boundary, among them De La Luna, La Quilla, Las Ondas, Mirar Vista and Oso Rojo. Coronado Park sits inside it at 26652 Las Ondas Drive, 2.2 acres with a playground for younger children and three picnic tables.
The general plan carries 69.4 acres at 3.5 to 6.5 homes an acre, 2.3 acres as recreation and open space and 1.5 acres as community facility, and the whole boundary sits in flood zone X. Capistrano Unified serves it, and the district's address locator returns Viejo Elementary at 447 students, Fred Newhart Middle at 1,105 and Capistrano Valley High at 1,991 from every interior point tested.
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How Coronado was built
Coronado is one of the early entries on Mission Viejo's roster of Spanish-named neighborhoods, built in 1970 on rising ground near Marguerite Parkway and Avery Parkway at the southern end of the city. That was the year Philip Morris took operating control of the Mission Viejo Company and the community's population reached 13,000, with the company still working outward from the original town center and running its arterials through the valleys.
The name follows the same convention the company used across the whole planned community: stucco walls, barrel tile roofs and a Spanish street and neighborhood vocabulary, carried here into De La Luna, La Quilla, Las Ondas, Mirar Vista and Oso Rojo. Coronado sits on the gentle rise above Avery Parkway, and its cul-de-sacs and hillside views come from that 1970 building phase rather than any older settlement on the ground.
By the Numbers
Coronado by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Coronado lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Coronado
Capistrano Unified serves Coronado, and the district's address locator returns Viejo Elementary, Fred Newhart Middle and Capistrano Valley High at every interior point tested. Enrollment below is the 2024-25 federal count.
9-12 · 1,991 students
6-8 · 1,105 students
K-5 · 447 students
FAQs
Common questions about Coronado
When was Coronado built?
The ground was subdivided in 1969, on four county tract maps recorded that year: 6845, 6936, 6974 and 6975. All four were surveyed by C. J. Queyrel, licensed land surveyor 2988, and no later tract map has been recorded inside the boundary since.
Is Coronado one of the oldest parts of Mission Viejo?
It is among the earliest ground in this guide. Only Mission Ridge, whose principal map was recorded in 1968, carries an older map. The four Coronado tracts were filed the following year, while the land was still unincorporated county territory.
Is there a park in Coronado?
Yes. Coronado Park sits inside the boundary at 26652 Las Ondas Drive, covering 2.2 acres with a playground for two to five year olds and three picnic tables.
How large are the lots in Coronado?
The city records a median lot of 0.159 acres across 302 parcels, one of the largest medians of the fifty communities in this guide. Tract 6936 alone divided 21.819 acres into 90 lots.
Which schools serve Coronado?
Capistrano Unified, and the district's address locator returns Viejo Elementary with 447 students, Fred Newhart Middle with 1,105 and Capistrano Valley High with 1,991 at every interior point tested.