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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Aliso Niguel High this year?
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Enrollment
2,563
High
DISTRICT 1,556 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744002328
Aliso Niguel High
28000 Wolverine Way, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 · (949) 831-5590 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,563 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of California public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
109 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
848 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 589 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 620 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 668 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 683 | 27% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
78.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
52.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.9% | 26.1% | 13.3% | 8.7% |
| Math | 32.3% | 20.2% | 21.8% | 25.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 52.6% |
| 2022-23 | 82.4% | 58.2% |
| 2021-22 | 82.1% | 57.8% |
| 2020-21 | 76.2% | 54.6% |
| 2018-19 | 79.1% | 54.1% |
| 2017-18 | 80.3% | 60.0% |
| 2016-17 | 79.8% | 60.1% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 63.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aliso Niguel High
Aliso Niguel High's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aliso Niguel High this school | 2,563 | 33.1% | 64.7% |
| Huntington Beach High Huntington Beach | 2,645 | 33.8% | 57.5% |
| Trabuco Hills High Mission Viejo | 2,475 | 37.3% | 59.7% |
| Woodcreek High Roseville | 1,940 | 38.4% | 47.6% |
| Davis Senior High Davis | 1,755 | 31.1% | 74.1% |
| Crescenta Valley High La Crescenta | 2,624 | 33.0% | 68.4% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aliso Niguel High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #129 of 1,052 | #16 of 68 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #142 of 1,056 ▼ 11 | #22 of 69 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #121 of 1,056 ▲ 25 | #13 of 69 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.7pp | #140 of 1,044 | #12 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,563 | #86 of 2,093 | #10 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #1,056 of 1,352 | #58 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #202 of 1,351 | #18 of 85 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #1,372 of 1,575 | #79 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #218 of 802 | #24 of 71 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,563
-332 (-11%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 2,932
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 27.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,563 | 108.9 | 23.5:1 | 33% (848) |
| 2023-24 | 2,608 | 117.1 | 22.3:1 | 30% (794) |
| 2022-23 | 2,774 | 115 | 24.1:1 | 30% (831) |
| 2020-21 | 2,895 | 107 | 27.1:1 | 21% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 3,120 | 119 | 26.2:1 | 18% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 3,068 | 106 | 28.9:1 | 12% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 2,979 | N/A | N/A | 14% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 2,932 | 121 | 24.2:1 | 7% (197) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aliso Niguel High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (3,120 to 2,563); teachers down 9% (119 to 108.9).
About Aliso Niguel High
Aliso Niguel High is a large high school in California, with an address in Aliso Viejo. Its 2,563 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 206% bigger than the 838 average for high schools in California.
Aliso Niguel High sits within Capistrano Unified, which has 58 schools and 40,251 students.
The most common group at Aliso Niguel High is White students, at 49%. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, and 11% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 23.5:1 comes from the school's 108.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. The lunch program counts 33% of students at Aliso Niguel High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Aliso Niguel High is A-. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Aliso Niguel High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.7% is 4.5 points above the 60.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Orange County has 649 public schools and roughly 430,458 students.
Wood Canyon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Aliso Niguel High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 64.7% is below the 70.4% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment decrease, from 2,895 in 2020-21 to 2,563 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 23.5:1, from 27.1:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Capistrano Unified
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Tesoro HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Dana Hills HighHigh · 1,725 students
- Fred Newhart MiddleMiddle · 1,105 students
Other schools in Aliso Viejo
- Don Juan Avila MiddleMiddle · 863 students
- Aliso Viejo MiddleMiddle · 803 students
- Don Juan Avila ElementaryElementary · 672 students
- JourneyElementary · 617 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Canyon Vista ElementaryElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Wood Canyon Elementary0.4 mi · 425
- Journey0.7 mi · 617
- Laguna Niguel Elementary0.9 mi · 456
- Canyon Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 533
- Oak Grove Elementary1.4 mi · 569
- Aliso Viejo Middle1.4 mi · 803
Frequently asked questions
About Aliso Niguel HighWhat is the total enrollment at Aliso Niguel High?
Aliso Niguel High enrolls approximately 2,563 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Aliso Niguel High serve?
Aliso Niguel High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Aliso Niguel High?
Approximately 23.5:1 students per teacher at Aliso Niguel High.
How diverse is Aliso Niguel High?
Aliso Niguel High reports a student body of 49% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 17% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Aliso Niguel High in?
Aliso Niguel High is part of Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.