Opening its doors in 1993 with a student body of 1600, ANHS became the fourth high school in the Capistrano Unified School District. With the implementation of Digital High School grant in 2000, Aliso Niguel High School invested over $1 million in new technology and related instruction. Additionally, all teachers have e-mail addresses and web sites for swift communication with parents. Organized parent involvement takes the form of an active PTSA and a wide range of parent booster organizations. In 1996, Aliso Niguel was selected as a California Distinguished School, the youngest school ever to be recognized as such by the State Department of Education. In 2000, Aliso Niguel High School received national recognition as a Blue Ribbon School and New American High School. In 2004, The Western Association of Schools and Colleges granted Aliso Niguel a six-year term of accreditation, which it renewed for an additional six-year period in 2010.
Facilities
Although the high school started small in their first year, the high school grew rapidly over the years, and it still continues to grow to this present day. Currently, the school has 26 portable classrooms in its southern parking lot adding to, and 100 permanent classrooms. The permanent buildings are forming a grand total of on the campus, making Aliso the largest school in the district. The campus also includes a stadium, Wolverine Stadium, with a track and multipurpose field. Wolverine Stadium, which opened in 1994, seats 2,675 people, it includes a visitor side and a larger home side for seating.
Academics
In 2005, the school's students scored within the top 90% of all schools on the California High School Exit Exam. 90% of all students that took the English Language Arts passed, 91% passed in the Math section.
Sports
Aliso Niguel's sports teams are known as the Wolverines and compete in the Sea View League and South Coast League of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section. From 1998 to 2005, they were members of the Sea View League, and in the Pacific Coast League before 1998. In 2012, the Aliso Niguel Girls' Soccer team won the CIF Southern region championship. In 1996 and 1998 the Aliso Niguel Varsity Football team won the CIF-SS Division 8 championship. The team went undefeated in the 1996 season. The 1998 championship was against the second newest team in the league, the Santa Margarita Eagles.
Fine and practical arts
Marching band
The Aliso Niguel marching band is a part of the Western Band Association, and perform in four marching competitions plus participate in the WBA finals. The marching band won the title for 2008 WBA combined 1/2/3A Grand Championship.
Newspaper
The Growling Wolverine first picked up the pen in 2008, but expanded digitally in 2020.
