Sunset High School (Beaverton, Oregon)

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 the six high schools in the Beaverton School District. Sunset's athletic teams are known as the Apollos.[2]

Sunset High School
Address
Mailing address only (school is located
within the city of Beaverton, Oregon):
13840 NW Cornell Road

Portland
,
(Washington County)
,
Oregon
97229

United States
Coordinates45.528478°N 122.820067°W / 45.528478; -122.820067
Information
TypePublic
OpenedJanuary 1959 (1959-01)
School districtBeaverton School District
PrincipalJohn Huelskamp[1][2]
Teaching staff92.41 (FTE) (2018–19)[3]
Grades9–12[3]
Enrollment2,016 (2018–19)[4][3]
Student to teacher ratio22.53 (2018–19)[3]
CampusSuburban[3]
Color(s)Purple
White[2]
Athletics conferenceOSAA 6A-2 Metro League[2]
Team nameApollos
RivalWestview High School
Websitesunset.beaverton.k12.or.us

Above: Sunset High School in 2015
Below: The west side of the school in 2009
Last updated: May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12)

History

The school opened in January 1959, initially with freshman and sophomore students only,[5] adding juniors in the fall and its first senior class in September 1960.[6]

Senator Robert F. Kennedy spoke at a student-organized mock Democratic Convention held at Sunset High School on May 17, 1968, less than three weeks before his assassination on June 5.[7][8][9]

Location
Campus map

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 to 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.[10][11] Nevertheless, as of 2020 the school's mailing address remains a "Portland" address, as is the case for almost all of Cedar Mill.

Demographics
The school's marching band in 2007

As of 2016–17, 54.7% of students are white, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 2.1% African American, 0.9% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0.4% American Indian/Alaska Native, and 6.6% two or more races. The 2016–17 enrollment was 2,300.[3]

Academics

In 1983, Sunset High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[12]

In 2008, 84% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 498 students, 409 graduated, 59 dropped out, five received a modified diploma, and 25 were still in high school in 2009.[13][14]

Academic achievement

Over the years, several students have placed highly in prestigious competitions such as the Regeneron Science Talent Search, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the Davidson Fellows Scholarship, the Google Science Fair, the National Speech and Debate Association, the International Model United Nations Association, the National History Bee and Bowl, and the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

State titles

State championships (Oregon School Activities Association) won by Sunset High School:[15]

Notable alumni

References
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  7. "RFK Draws Youth Cheers". The Oregonian, May 18, 1968, p. 12.
  8. "Student Mock Convention Hears Kennedy" (photos). The Oregonian, May 18, 1968, Section 2, p. 4.
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