Mission Viejo High School
Public high school in Mission Viejo, California, United States
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Mission Viejo High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Mission Viejo, California, United States, as part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The school has served the area since 1966. Students within its attendance boundaries live in western Mission Viejo, southwest Lake Forest, Trabuco Canyon, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Laguna Hills. Its mascot is Pablo the Diablo and its colors are scarlet and gold. 230 credits are required to graduate. It is the home to one of the only agricultural farms on a high school campus in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.
| Mission Viejo High School | |
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25025 Chrisanta Drive 92691 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°35′49″N 117°40′12″W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1966 |
School district | Saddleback Valley Unified School District |
Principal | Tricia Osborne |
Teaching staff | 70.61 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,566 (2024–2025)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 22.18[1] |
| Colors | Scarlet Gold |
Athletics conference | CIF-SS; South Coast League |
| Mascot | Pablo the Diablo |
| Team name | Diablos |
| Website | www |
Mission Viejo High School, an International Baccalaureate (IB) school since 1985, offers an IB program for academically focused students, awarding approximately 80 IB diplomas in the 2015–2016 school year. The school has been recognized with three Blue Ribbon School Awards and six California Distinguished School honors, most recently in 2024. Its performing arts programs include a marching band that won the WBA 4A division championship in 2016, a drumline that earned multiple High Percussion titles between 1997 and 2003, and four choir ensembles. Notable alumni include golfer Mark O’Meara, Olympic swimmer Brian Goodell, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, soccer player Julie Foudy, NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, journalist Brianna Keilar, and MLB pitcher Patrick Sandoval.
In the 2022–2023 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,646 students and 75.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 21.8. 40.9% of students were eligible for free or discounted lunch.[1][2]
Academics
International Baccalaureate
Mission Viejo has been an International Baccalaureate (IB) school since July 1985. This program, taught to 80 students, is for academically talented and highly motivated students sponsored and administered by the IB Organization. The students who meet the IB requirements are eligible for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. This school received approximately 80 diplomas in the 2015–2016 school year.[3]
Awards and recognition
Mission Viejo High School has been awarded the Blue Ribbon School and Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education on three separate occasions, in 1988–89, 1994–96[4] and 2001–02,[5][6] the highest award an American school can receive.[7][8]
Mission Viejo High School has been recognized six times as a California Distinguished School, in 1988, 1994, 2001, 2009, 2013, and 2024.[9][10][11]
Performing arts
Marching band
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The school's marching band is part of the Western Band Association. They have competed in the 5A division every year until 2016, in which they began competing in 4A and won their division at the WBA Class Championships.[12]
Choir
The school offers four different choir classes: Concert Choir, Diablo Chorus, Treble Choir and the Chamber Singers.[14]
