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Sunset High

Public Grades 9-12
1642nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,135 California High Schools
Better than 23% of California high schools
Summary

Sunset High is a small grades 9–12 school in Crescent City, in Del Norte County, serving 82 students as part of Del Norte County Unified. Its most urgent concern is chronic absenteeism: 81% of students were chronically absent in 2025–2026, compared with 23% in the district, 18% statewide, and 28% at nearby Del Norte High.

Test results were below the district, state, and nearby school in all three subjects, though the relative bright spots differ by comparison. Sunset scored 26% in English, 6% in math, and 19% in science; the district scored 32%, 21%, and 29%, and the state 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. Science was closest to the state, while English was closest to the district; math was the clearest weakness against both. Compared with Del Norte High’s 44% in English, 25% in math, and 41% in science, Sunset’s largest gap was in science. Graduation is a notable strength: Sunset’s 100% rate in 2025–2026 was above the district’s 99%, Del Norte High’s 99%, and the state’s 88%.

Results have improved in some areas, but progress is uneven: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, science proficiency rose by 14 percentage points and math by 6, while English fell by 3. SchoolDigger’s overall statewide standing improved from the 11th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 23rd in 2025–2026, though it remains at 1 star versus Del Norte High’s 55th percentile and 3 stars. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness percentile was 7 for Female Students, below Sunset’s overall 23; for Male Students, it rose from 5 to 30. In 2024–2025, Sunset’s student–teacher ratio was 15.5, compared with 18.9 nearby, and 89% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible, versus 59% at Del Norte High.

82
Students ?
15.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$31,390
Per pupil spending ?
89.0%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 2500 Elk Valley Cross Rd.
       Crescent City, CA  95531-8461

(707) 464-0380

District: Del Norte County Unified

Racial breakdown:

White:
40.2%
American Indian:
26.8%
Hispanic:
20.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2016 → 23rd in 2026
Strengths
✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (81% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school17%
District avg27%
California avg42%
1,642nd of 2,135
California public high schools ?
Bottom 23%▲ up 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2High Schools in the Del Norte County Unified
1188th of 1,530Del Norte County Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202620.61642 of 213523.1%★☆☆☆☆
202517.31738 of 216219.6%★☆☆☆☆
202412.51913 of 215911.4%★☆☆☆☆
202316.91780 of 217018.0%★☆☆☆☆
202214.71801 of 212315.2%★☆☆☆☆
202122.21002 of 129022.3%★☆☆☆☆
201916.61709 of 213319.9%★☆☆☆☆
201813.01663 of 201717.6%★☆☆☆☆
20179.71871 of 20217.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201613.41667 of 203918.2%★☆☆☆☆
201514.91602 of 199419.7%★☆☆☆☆
201316.31819 of 242625.0%★☆☆☆☆
201212.21930 of 235418.0%★☆☆☆☆
201122.61553 of 236734.4%★★☆☆☆
201014.91836 of 228119.5%★☆☆☆☆
200928.21472 of 223834.2%★★☆☆☆
200816.01715 of 211719.0%★☆☆☆☆
200723.21366 of 206333.8%★★☆☆☆
200620.21418 of 196827.9%★☆☆☆☆
200525.91173 of 190138.3%★★☆☆☆
200413.71533 of 16537.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.31733 of 18647.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.71654 of 190613.2%★☆☆☆☆
202414.51640 of 191514.4%★☆☆☆☆
202322.81470 of 191523.2%★☆☆☆☆
202226.71345 of 185827.6%★☆☆☆☆
202112.4933 of 105411.5%★☆☆☆☆
201916.31507 of 183317.8%★☆☆☆☆
20187.11715 of 17602.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20248.11886 of 19020.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.11511 of 186118.8%★☆☆☆☆
201912.01625 of 181410.4%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202617.21618 of 199719.0%★☆☆☆☆
202519.41591 of 201321.0%★☆☆☆☆
202412.31832 of 20269.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.71661 of 203018.2%★☆☆☆☆
202215.71654 of 194314.9%★☆☆☆☆
202124.6873 of 112622.5%★☆☆☆☆
201918.91510 of 193722.0%★☆☆☆☆
201814.31504 of 186219.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202630.61350 of 193030.1%★★☆☆☆
202519.61526 of 194221.4%★☆☆☆☆
202410.11848 of 19485.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.01770 of 19639.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.01853 of 19163.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.8844 of 112224.8%★☆☆☆☆
201914.71576 of 188016.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.71426 of 183422.2%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202517.513 of 1618.8%★★☆☆☆
202333.712 of 1520.0%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20268.91028 of 11309.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202521.8931 of 115519.4%★☆☆☆☆
20246.11097 of 11736.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.41154 of 11933.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.51170 of 12042.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.61097 of 122210.2%★☆☆☆☆
20184.61111 of 11735.3%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Male (2026)30th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile-4 vs school
Native American (2025)19th percentile~ school
White (2026)9th percentile-14 vs school
Female (2026)7th percentile-16 vs school
Hispanic (2024)1st percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state
Science19%-17 vs state
Mathematics6%-32 vs state

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Open Quote I would not recommend anyone enrolling your kids here unless there is no other option available to them. I personally have seen how this school works and how they handle situations with the students. I have seen them sweep things under the rug rather that actually addressing the problem. I also see that they give kids easy work in order to push them through so they can graduate. but doing this does not teach the student anything and puts them out into the world not prepared for college and sets them up for a life time of struggle. when my child was attending sunset she was getting bullied by a group of kids. sunsets way of taking care of the situation was to put my child on home studies and just allow the group of bullies to go on with there daily routine. to me this was the worst possible way they could of handled it. the head front office lady they have out there is more concerned in sticking her nose into the high school drama then actually doing her job. the whole experience we had with sunset from start to finish was extremely disappointing and made we feel bad for the kids who have no other options and have to go there Close Quote




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Students at Sunset High are 40% White, 27% American Indian, 21% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 82 students attended Sunset High.

Sunset High ranks in the bottom 23.1% of California high schools.

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