Capistrano Valley High School

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Capistrano Valley High School
Address
26301 Via Escolar Mission Viejo , California 92692 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1977
School district	Capistrano Unified School District
Staff	91.75 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,029 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.11[1]
Color(s)	Black & Gold
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Coast View Athletic Association
Nickname	Cougars
Newspaper	Capistrano Valley High School Times
Website	www.cvhs.com

Capistrano Valley High School (often called CVHS or Capo) is a public high school at the southern border of Mission Viejo, California, USA, that is run by the Capistrano Unified School District. It is set on a hilltop overlooking the San Diego Freeway (I-5) corridor and Saddleback Mountain. It is located on Via Escolar, off the Avery exit of the I-5. The school attendance boundaries primarily serve students from eastern, southern and northern Mission Viejo (the entire portion of the city in CUSD) and a small northern portion of San Juan Capistrano.

CVHS is a California Distinguished School,^[2] National Blue Ribbon Finalist,^[2] and was ranked as number 488 in Newsweek's 2008 list of the top 1,300 high schools in the USA.^[3] By this standard, CVHS falls in the top 2.5% of US high schools.^[4] It is the highest ranked for the school district and second highest rank between both Saddleback Valley and Capistrano Unified that serve south Orange County.