| Sunset High School | |
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| Address | |
| Mailing address only (school is located within the city of Beaverton, Oregon): 13840 NW Cornell Road Portland, Oregon, Washington County, 97229 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Opened | January 1959 |
| School district | Beaverton School District |
| Principal | John Huelskamp[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 2046[2] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Purple and white [1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA Metro League 6A-1[1] |
| Mascot | Apollos[1] |
| Website | www.sunsetapollos.org |
Sunset High School is a public high school in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. The school currently offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It opened in 1959 and is the second-oldest of eight high schools in the Beaverton School District.
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The school opened at the beginning of January 1959, initially with freshman and sophomore students only,[3] adding juniors in the fall and, starting in September 1960, its first senior class.[4] Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke at a student-organized mock Democratic Convention held at Sunset High School on May 17, 1968,[5][6] less than three weeks before his assassination on June 5.
Sunset High School is located in the predominantly unincorporated area known as Cedar Mill. Although it has always had a Portland street address, it has never actually been within the city of Portland proper. From 1959 until 1999, the school property was unincorporated land in Washington County, but in 1999 the Sunset High School grounds (including the adjacent swimming pool) were annexed by the city of Beaverton.[7][8] Nevertheless, as of 2010 the school's mailing address remains a "Portland" address, as is the case for all of Cedar Mill.
In 2002-2003, 9% of all students are in ESL programs and 30% are minority. On the SAT, students received an average of 558 on the verbal portion and 563 on the math, and have the highest average scores in the Beaverton area. Sunset students had a 3.4% drop out rate.[9]
In 1983, Sunset High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[10]
In 2008, 82% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 498 students, 409 graduated, 59 dropped out, 5 received a modified diploma, and 25 are still in high school.[11][12]