School Of Science And Engineering performed excellent to earn a State accountability rating of A (90-100) based on three domains: student achievement, school progress and closing the gaps. Scores are scaled from 0 to 100 to align with letter grades. The school scored 99 in student achievement, 99 in school progress and an impressive100 in closing performance gaps. It scored 99 overall in post-secondary readiness, a broad term that refers to student preparedness to undertake multiple pathways after graduation, or specifically, their preparedness for college education.

On the other hand, Sunset High School earned a State accountability rating of B. The school posted 78 in student achievement, 87 in school progress, 82 in closing performance gaps and 86 overall in post-secondary readiness.

A distinction designation acknowledges districts and campuses for outstanding achievement based on the outcomes of several performance indicators. Distinction designations are awarded for achievement in several areas and are based on performance relative to a group of campuses of similar type, size, grade span, and student demographics.

It is in this area where the two schools differ. School Of Science And Engineering bagged all seven distinction awards in Reading/English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, post-secondary, with 25% student progress and 25% closing performance gaps. Sunset High School’s only distinction designation is in Comparative Academic Growth.

Based on Racial/Ethnic Groups, the dominant group in School Of Science And Engineering is Hispanics who make up nearly 70.69% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (10.50%), Asians (9.31%), African Americans (7.33%), Two or More Races (1.39%) and Native Americans (0.40%).

At Sunset High School, Hispanics make up 96.53% of student population, followed by Whites or Caucasians (1.48%), African Americans (1.20%), Native Americans (0.42%), Two or More Races (0.23%) and Asians (0.14%).

Based on household incomes, the School Of Science And Engineering’s economically disadvantaged students is significantly lower at 65.35% compared to 93.48% at Sunset High School.

In terms of Limited English Proficiency (LEP), a term used in the United States that refers to a person who is not fluent in the English Language, mainly because it is not their native language, School Of Science And Engineering has 120 English Language Learners or ELLS or about 23.76% of student population. Sunset High School has significantly more ELLs at 1155 or about 53.37% of student population.

School Of Science And Engineering’s bilingual students comprise 23.17%, gifted and talented students, 64.75%, while 3.17% are in the special education program. Sunset High School bilingual students comprise 49.12%, gifted and talented students, 16.59%, and 11.04% are in the special education program.

School Of Science And Engineering's 26 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 10.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging nearly 14.5 years. Sunset High School's 133 teachers have been working at the campus for an average of 7.3 years with individual teaching experience averaging close to 9.8 years.

Of its teaching staff, School Of Science And Engineering has one teacher only serving the school for over 30 years, has six teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, nine teachers have worked for 11-20 years, eight teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while two teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, and school has no beginning teacher. Sunset High School has five teachers serving the school for over 30 years, has ten teachers serving the school for 20-30 years, 31 teachers have worked for 11-20 years, 34 teachers have worked for 6-10 years, while 51 teachers have been serving the school for over 1-5 years, including three beginning teachers.

School Of Science And Engineering has one special education teachers assisted by 0 teacher aides or paraprofessionals. Sunset High School has 16 special education teachers and 12 teacher aides or paraprofessionals.