Overview
About Baker Ranch
Baker Ranch spreads across 111.2 acres and 44 streets in the northern half of Lake Forest, the seventh largest of the fifty communities on this site. The city's address record holds 1,006 homes inside the boundary on 836 parcels, the fourth highest home count in the city. The city's land use layer gives 13.4 acres inside the boundary the medium density residential designation and 5.7 acres the low density one.
The city's pool layer records ten backyard pools, seven spas and 87 solar installations inside the boundary, and no shared pool at all, so solar panels outnumber pools here by better than eight to one. El Toro Water District supplies the water, street sweeping runs early Friday morning, and addresses carry both the 92610 and 92630 ZIP codes. Children are assigned to Del Cerro Elementary, Los Alisos Intermediate and Mission Viejo High.
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How Baker Ranch was built
For most of the twentieth century the northern end of the valley stayed agricultural or industrial while the lake communities filled in to the south. El Toro became Lake Forest at incorporation on 20 December 1991, and the city kept growing outward, annexing Foothill Ranch and Portola Hills after a vote in 2000. Baker Ranch was one of the last pieces to be built out, and the city's build year layer puts the whole of its mapped housing footprint in the 2011 and later band.
Toll Brothers and Shea Homes built it, and the street names are a nursery catalog: Barberry, Belladonna, Calliope, Fuchsia, Heliotrope, Hyacinth, Jasmine, Juniper, Laurel, Lavender, Lilac and Magnolia, with Heron and Lark among the birds. More than a thousand homes sit on 111 acres across 44 streets, and the city's layer counts 87 solar installations against ten backyard pools, which is a fair summary of how differently a community built in the 2010s reads from one built in the 1970s.
By the Numbers
Baker Ranch by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Baker Ranch lifestyle
Lake Forest keeps 31 parks open from dawn to dusk. The Lake Forest Sports Park and Recreation Center opened in November 2014 on 86 acres, with 57 of them given over to sports fields, and the city runs the largest free skatepark in Orange County at Etnies Skatepark.
Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park holds 1,575 acres of county open space against the north edge of the city, and the city's trail map carries 49 named trails.
Across the whole city the general plan sets 3,756 acres to residential use and 3,065 acres to open space and parks, which is why so much of Lake Forest reads as green from the ridgelines.
Schools
Schools serving Baker Ranch
The City of Lake Forest property record names Del Cerro Elementary for all 1,006 residential addresses inside Baker Ranch, with Los Alisos Intermediate for middle school and Mission Viejo High for high school. There is no split at any level. All three are Saddleback Valley Unified campuses.
9-12 · 1,566 students
7-8 · 595 students
K-6 · 390 students
FAQs
Common questions about Baker Ranch
How big is Baker Ranch?
The community covers 111.2 acres on the boundary the City of Lake Forest publishes and holds 1,006 homes on the city address record, spread across 44 named streets. It ranks seventh by acreage and fourth by home count among the fifty Lake Forest communities on this site.
When was Baker Ranch built?
The eleven subdivision maps inside the boundary were recorded between March 2015 and September 2016. The city's own residential build year layer puts the whole of the mapped building footprint inside the boundary in its 2011 and later band, and Baker Ranch is the only Lake Forest community on this site whose entire mapped footprint falls in that band.
Which schools serve Baker Ranch?
The City of Lake Forest property record names Del Cerro Elementary, Los Alisos Intermediate and Mission Viejo High for all 1,006 residential addresses inside the boundary, with no split at any level. All three are Saddleback Valley Unified campuses.
Is there a community pool?
The city's pool layer records ten pools inside the boundary and none of them is shared. Every one is a private backyard pool, alongside seven spas and 87 solar installations.
Who provides water and city services?
El Toro Water District supplies water. The city sweeps the streets here on Friday between 12am and 6am, and Orange County Fire Authority Station 19 at 23022 El Toro Road covers the addresses. Baker Ranch straddles two ZIP codes, 92610 and 92630.