The primary school Mehlingen is one of two primary schools in the collective municipality Enkenbach-Alsenborn, about 10 km northeast of Kaiserslautern. The school district includes the communities of Sembach and Mehlingen with the districts Baalborn and Fröhnerhof. In the school year 2009/10, about 210 students attend the school. They are educated in 9 classes by 12 teachers.

In the Rhineland-Palatinate primary schools the lessons for the grades 1+2 last from 08.00-12.00 o'clock and for the grades 3+4 from 08.00 - 13.00 o'clock. In the afternoon the students are free. But there is a voluntary after-school care until 16.00 clock. These more than 60 children can get a warm meal in the school.

In primary schools in Rhineland-Palatinate, there are 4 grades, the children are 6-10 years old.

Mehlingen has about 4,000 inhabitants with still village structures, including agriculture. The nearest big city is Kaiserslautern, with 100,000 inhabitants.