South Bay Leader

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School among top schools in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate just shy of 100 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

According to CDE data, graduation rates indicate an increasing achievement gap between Latino, Black, and English learner students. The achievement gap refers to the disparities in academic performance associated with race and class.

According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in 2019 American Indian and Alaska Native students were the most at risk of dropping out.

In The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance, Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says, “prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current English learners and non-English-learning and that these inequities explain achievement gaps in middle and early high school.”

Rank	School	District	Graduation rate
1	California Education Authority (CEA) Headquarters	California Education Authority (CEA) Headquarters	100
1	SBE - Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America	SBE - Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America	100
1	Lone Pine Unified School District	Lone Pine Unified	100
1	San Luis Obispo County Office of Education	San Luis Obispo County Office of Education	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Mammoth Unified School District	Mammoth Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Tulare County Office of Education	Tulare County Office of Education	100
1	Warner Unified School District	Warner Unified	100
1	Lucerne Valley Unified School District	Lucerne Valley Unified	100
1	San Diego Unified School District	San Diego Unified	100
1	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Temple City Unified School District	Temple City Unified	100
1	Alameda Unified School District	Alameda Unified	100
1	Loomis Union Elementary School District	Loomis Union Elementary	100
1	Calaveras County Office of Education	Calaveras County Office of Education	100
1	Willits Unified School District	Willits Unified	100
1	Fresno Unified School District	Fresno Unified	100
1	Charter Oak Unified School District	Charter Oak Unified	100
1	San Diego Unified School District	San Diego Unified	100
1	Fall River Joint Unified School District	Fall River Joint Unified	100
1	Yuba City Unified School District	Yuba City Unified	100
1	Newark Unified School District	Newark Unified	100
1	Novato Unified School District	Novato Unified	100
…
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Escondido Union High School	Escondido Union High	100
1	Middletown Unified School District	Middletown Unified	100
1	Northern Humboldt Union High School	Northern Humboldt Union High	100
1	Fortuna Union High School	Fortuna Union High	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Calaveras Unified School District	Calaveras Unified	100
1	Lodi Unified School District	Lodi Unified	100
1	Nevada County Office of Education	Nevada County Office of Education	100
1	Redlands Unified School District	Redlands Unified	100
1	Fortuna Union High School	Fortuna Union High	100
1	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	100
1	Porterville Unified School District	Porterville Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Fowler Unified School District	Fowler Unified	100
1	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District	Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified	100
1	Torrance Unified School District	Torrance Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Sutter Union High School	Sutter Union High	100
1	SBE - Baypoint Preparatory Academy	SBE - Baypoint Preparatory Academy	100
1	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified School District	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified	100
1	Mesa Union Elementary School District	Mesa Union Elementary	100
1	Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary School District	Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary	100
1	Santa Paula Unified School District	Santa Paula Unified	100
1	Vacaville Unified School District	Vacaville Unified	100
1	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Duarte Unified School District	Duarte Unified	100
1	San Mateo County Office of Education	San Mateo County Office of Education	100
1	Shasta Union High School	Shasta Union High	100
1	Hesperia Unified School District	Hesperia Unified	100
1	Willows Unified School District	Willows Unified	100
1	Mendocino Unified School District	Mendocino Unified	100
1	Escalon Unified School District	Escalon Unified	100
1	Santa Ana Unified School District	Santa Ana Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	San Lorenzo Unified School District	San Lorenzo Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Bret Harte Union High School	Bret Harte Union High	100
1	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	100
1	San Benito County Office of Education	San Benito County Office of Education	100
1	Nevada Joint Union High School	Nevada Joint Union High	100
1	Baldwin Park Unified School District	Baldwin Park Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Morongo Unified School District	Morongo Unified	100
1	Patterson Joint Unified School District	Patterson Joint Unified	100
1	Temple City Unified School District	Temple City Unified	100
1	Mountain Empire Unified School District	Mountain Empire Unified	100
1	Baker Valley Unified School District	Baker Valley Unified	100
1	Maricopa Unified School District	Maricopa Unified	100
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2302	San Diego Unified School District	San Diego Unified	7.7
2303	Los Angeles County Office of Education	Los Angeles County Office of Education	7.3
2304	Riverside County Office of Education	Riverside County Office of Education	7
2305	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	6.3
2306	Long Beach Unified School District	Long Beach Unified	5.3
2307	Los Angeles County Office of Education	Los Angeles County Office of Education	4.9
2308	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	4.8
2309	Orange Unified School District	Orange Unified	3.7
2310	Porterville Unified School District	Porterville Unified	3.5
2311	San Juan Unified School District	San Juan Unified	3.1
2312	Sutter County Office of Education	Sutter County Office of Education	1.8
2313	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	0.5
2314	San Bernardino County Office of Education	San Bernardino County Office of Education	0.4
2314	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	0.4
2316	Needles Unified School District	Needles Unified	0
2316	Antioch Unified School District	Antioch Unified	0
2316	Orange County Department of Education	Orange County Department of Education	0
2316	Colusa County Office of Education	Colusa County Office of Education	0
2316	Lucerne Valley Unified School District	Lucerne Valley Unified	0
2316	Bonsall Unified School District	Bonsall Unified	0
2316	Potter Valley Community Unified School District	Potter Valley Community Unified	0
2316	Los Angeles County Office of Education	Los Angeles County Office of Education	0
2316	San Mateo Union High School	San Mateo Union High	0
2316	SBE - Grossmont Secondary	SBE - Grossmont Secondary	0
2316	Yosemite Unified School District	Yosemite Unified	0