Tijeras Creek Elementary School is located at 23072 Avenida Empresa, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688. The campus serves students in kindergarten through grade 5. Enrollment stands at 318 students as of the 2023–24 school year. The student-teacher ratio is 24:1. The student body is 46% female and 54% male. State testing shows that 72% of students reached proficiency in math and 82% in reading, placing the school in the top 5% of all California elementary schools for both subjects. Tijeras Creek operates as a non-charter public elementary school within Capistrano Unified School District, offering a Gifted and Talented Education program and ranking #384 in California — the highest-ranked campus among the six Rancho Santa Margarita schools in this group and the only CUSD campus in the group placing in the top 5% statewide. Tijeras Creek serves a defined neighborhood attendance zone in the central residential corridor of Rancho Santa Margarita under Capistrano Unified School District's K–5 campus structure. Homes surrounding the campus commonly list near $1,100,000 based on current Rancho Santa Margarita area market data. Ranked #384 in California and holding a U.S. News Best Elementary Schools badge, Tijeras Creek stands among the best elementary schools in California, placing it as the top-ranked public elementary campus in the Rancho Santa Margarita CA school district across both CUSD and SVUSD campuses in this group.