Aliso Niguel High School - Aliso Viejo, California/CA

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Aliso Niguel High School

28000 Wolverine Way, Aliso Viejo, CA, 92656 -

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Definition of Terms

Aliso Niguel High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

3121 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

117 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 862 students

Grade 10 - 833 students

Grade 11 - 769 students

Grade 12 - 657 students

This School

( CA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:27

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( CA ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	13%	11%
% Hispanic	9%	45%
% Black	3%	7%
% White	69%	33%
% Unknown	6 %	4%

Additional Student Information

This School

( CA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

44%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

10%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( CA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Capistrano Unified School District

This School's Agency

( CA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	59	4
Number of Students Managed	51,637 students	1,785 students
District Total Revenue	$435,744,000	$16,194,000
District Expenditure	$378,290,000	$16,545,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,439	$8,848
District Expenditure / Student	$7,326	$8,162
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Aliso Niguel High School is a public school in Aliso Viejo, California. It is a part of the Capistrano Unified School District, founded in the fall of 1993. This school has also been credited to being a Blue Ribbon School, California Distinguished School, and New American High School.
Athletics: Aliso Niguel's sports teams are known as the Wolverines. Most of them compete in the South Coast League, at the highest level of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section. In 1996, just their third year of existence, the Wolverine football team went 14-0, winning the Southern Section Division VIII championship, defeating Pacifica High School in the title game.
School dance ban: In September of 2006, the school's principal, canceled the remainder of all school dances in response to students "freak dancing" and arriving drunk to the first dance of the year. Salter stated that he would bring back dances if, and only if, students and parents could cooperate and develop a solution to "the problem." This story made headlines in regional news and appeared on many dancing-related websites.
The story gained widespread, national attention later that month when Salter stood his ground and decided to ban the school's annual Homecoming Dance, which caused him to become the source of much criticism with students and parents, alike.
The dance ban was covered by both the BBC, NPR and the national news program Geraldo at Large.
After not receiving their Homecoming 2006 dance, the principal reinstated the dances until extremely explicit rules that must be held to a higher degree. During the Winter Assembly in January 2007, the rules and regulations will be announced to the student body to explain the "do's" and "do not's" at future dances and the consequences of violating them. The first dance that the students are allowed to attend is the Winter Formal of February 2007. Although students are upset over losing their Homecoming dance, many are relieved that the ban has been lifted and hope that this will not happen again. Unfortunately, there was no Homecoming dance for the Senior Class of 2007.
Notable alumni: Sasha Cohen, Olympic figure skater.
Skip Schumaker, MLB Outfielder, Stl. Cardinals.
William Freund, double murder suicide.
Ivan Koumaev, contestant on the show So You Think You Can Dance.
Josh Partington, guitarist of Something Corporate.
Derek Lee Rock, drummer for ska band Suburban Legends.
Michael Roll, basketball player for UCLA.
Clubs: Associated Student Body (or ASB) is one of the largest and longest-running clubs on campus at Aliso Niguel High School. This club is made of 40 something people who have been appointed and elected to their positions.
National Honor Society (or NHS) is also a long-running club that looks highly upon those who have a minimum of 3.8 GPA.
California Scholarship Federation (or CSF) is another club that looks highly upon those who have a minimum of 3.3 GPA, while completing a given amount of community service to the surrounding area.
Academic Decathlon (or AcDec) is a club that competes in the yearly Academic Decathlon competition. No further information is available at this time.
Junior State of America (or JSA) is a club at Aliso Niguel whose purpose is to help high school students acquire leadership skills and the knowledge necessary to be effective citizens and voters. Some might compare this to a debate team.
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About This Zip Code (92656)

School Zip (92656)

(CA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

41,222 people

33,137,211 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

59%

32%

Population Average Age

33 years old

33.3 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.9 persons

Median Household Income

$74,688

$49,006

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.9 rooms

4.8 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

15 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

66% / 34%

58% / 42%

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