Sunset High School is a public secondary school located in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, United States. The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). The school serves a portion of the Dallas and Cockrell Hill catchments. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. History Opened in 1925, Sunset was the second high school in the Oak Cliff area, preceded only by Adamson High School. The origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location. At the time it opened, Sunset was the westernmost school in the DISD, and the subdivision surrounding the school on the western side of Dallas was called "Sunset Heights". The school opened in 1925 with 1,400 students and 39 teachers as southwest Oak Cliff became increasingly developed. At the time, it was the high school with the largest capacity in DISD; it had the same general architectural plan as Forest Avenue, North Dallas and Oak Cliff (now W. H. Adamson) high schools. Its opening relieved Oak Cliff High. The mascot is the American Bison; it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school. In the summer of 2006, Anthony Tovar, a Mexican American raised in Dallas who was previously an assistant principal at W. H. Adamson High School and Moises Molina High School, began work as the principal of Sunset. He gained a reputation of being an excellent principal partly due to his hands-on, involved approach in which he actively communicated with students. In 2013, he planned to resign due to frustration with DISD central office reforms, but he later rescinded his resignation. That year Tovar had been placed on a "growth plan" (a DISD notice asking the principal to improve his school's metrics or face termination). Tovar left DISD in 2013 but stated that he was not forced to resign; in 2015, he returned as an interim assistant principal at Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy. In 2009, the school had 155 teachers and 2,200 students. On May 28, 2014, Sunset High School was designated a Dallas Historical Landmark by vote of the Dallas City Council. The City of Dallas Historical Commission and DISD supported the nomination. In April 2015, the Texas Historical Commission named Sunset High School a Texas Historical Landmark. On September