Sunrise Continuation High

Sunrise Continuation High serves 14 students in grades 9–12 in Avenal, in Reef-Sunset Unified. Its latest reported test results, from 2024–25, show 0% proficient in both English language arts (ELA) and math. SchoolDigger ranked the school 2,148th of 2,162 California schools, at the 1st percentile with 0 stars. The most important concern is ELA performance: Sunrise was 20 percentage points below its district and 49 points below the state, compared with math gaps of 11 and 37 points.

Sunrise was also well behind nearby schools on test proficiency: their 2024–25 averages were 22% in ELA and 6% in math, and Sunrise tied for the lowest result in each subject. Math is the less-far-behind subject relative to nearby, district, and state results, though proficiency was still 0%. Other reported outcomes show substantial challenges: in 2025–26, graduation was 74%, versus 88% statewide and 96% in the district; dropout was 26%, versus 8% and 4%; and chronic absenteeism was 58%, versus 18% and 17%. Sunrise’s reported absenteeism rate was also 58% in 2024–25.

Test proficiency did not improve across the reported years: ELA was 0% in 2022–23 and 2024–25, and math was 0% in all three reported years from 2022–23 through 2024–25, while state and district results rose. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking fell from 17 in 2021–22 to 1 in 2022–23 and remained at 1 in 2024–25. Sunrise’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 4.6, lower than the nearby ratios reported for that year (7.2, 8.7, 10.1, and 25.6); this contrast does not show that the ratio explains academic results. The school reported 43% directly certified for free meals (DC) in 2024–25, and data also flags likely Community Eligibility. 2025–26 school test results are suppressed, science results are not reported, and nearby schools’ reported income measure is free/reduced lunch eligible (FRL), not directly comparable to Sunrise’s DC measure.