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. History. The school opened in January 1959, initially with freshman and sophomore students only, adding juniors in the fall and its first senior class in September 1960. 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. Location. 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. Nevertheless, as of 2020 the school's mailing address remains a "Portland" address, as is the case for almost  all of Cedar Mill. Demographics. 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. 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. 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. State titles. State championships (Oregon School Activities Association) won by Sunset High School: