# Mission Viejo High School

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.
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.

## 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.

### 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 and 2001–02, the highest award an American school can receive.
Mission Viejo High School has been recognized six times as a California Distinguished School, in 1988, 1994, 2001, 2009, 2013, and 2024.

## Performing arts
### Marching band

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.
* The drumline won High Percussion at WBA State Championships each year from 1997 to 2003, excluding 2000.

### Choir

The school offers four different choir classes: Concert Choir, Diablo Chorus, Treble Choir and the Chamber Singers.

## Notable alumni

| Name | Class | Description |
| Rudy Holmes | 1970 | National Football League defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons. |
| Mark O'Meara | 1975 | Golfer, winner of the Masters Tournament and the British Open in 1998. Member of World Golf Hall of Fame. |
| Joe DeRenzo | 1976 | Musician and bandleader. |
| Michael Lopez-Alegria | 1976 | Astronaut, veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. |
| Matt Sorum | 1976 | Drummer for The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver. |
| Brian Goodell | 1977 | Olympic champion and former world record-holding freestyle swimmer. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m frees. |
| Joel L Widzer | 1980 | Author, television journalist, speaker. |
| Ralph Saenz | 1983 | Lead singer for glam metal band Steel Panther (as Michael Starr). |
| Rob Adams | 1988 | Actor, acting coach, owner of The Actors Workshop, football coach. |
| Julie Foudy | 1989 | Midfielder for U.S. women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004. Won two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup championships. |
| Troy Kopp | 1989 | Former Canadian Football League and Arena Football League quarterback. |
| Joe-Max Moore | 1989 | Professional soccer player. |
| Preston Burpo | 1990 | Major League Soccer goalkeeper. |
| Megan McClung | 1990 | First female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during Iraq War. |
| Scott Von der Ahe | 1993 | National Football League linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts. |
| Matt Keneley | 1995 | National Football League defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers. |
| Brianna Keilar | 1998 | CNN correspondent. |
| Andreas Gustafsson | 1999 | Swedish race walker. |
| Collin Ashton | 2001 | National Football League linebacker who played for the San Diego Chargers. |
| Jordan Palmer | 2002 | National Football League quarterback who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Co-founder of RockLive. |
| Jed Collins | 2004 | National Football League fullback who played for the Detroit Lions. |
| Drew Radovich | 2005 | National Football League offensive tackle who played for the Minnesota Vikings. |
| Nick Reed | 2005 | National Football League defensive end who played for the Minnesota Vikings. |
| Mark Sanchez | 2005 | Former National Football League quarterback. |
| Konrad Reuland | 2006 | Former National Football League tight end for the Jets and Ravens |
| Jeff Baca | 2008 | Former National Football League offensive tackle. |
| Donothan Bailey | 2010 | Former gymnast and member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. |
| Tre Madden | 2011 | National Football League running back for the Seattle Seahawks. |
| Nick Dzubnar | 2011 | National Football League linebacker for the Chargers and Titans |
| Garrett Marino | 2013 | Canadian Football League defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. |
| Chandler Hutchison | 2014 | NBA guard for the Chicago Bulls. |
| Noah Munck | 2014 | American actor, Gibby Gibson in Nickelodeon's iCarly |
| Patrick Sandoval | 2015 | MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. |
| Brenden Schooler | 2016 | National Football League safety for the New England Patriots |
| Tanner Bibee | 2017 | MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. |
| Jarrett Patterson | 2018 | National Football League center for the Houston Texans |
| Joey Yellen | 2019 | College football quarterback for the Arizona State Sun Devils, Pittsburgh Panthers and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors |