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.”
Schools Ranked by Overall Graduation Rate (2017-2018)
| 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 |
| … | |||
| 503 | Fremont Union High School | Fremont Union High | 99.3 |
| 511 | Tracy Joint Unified School District | Tracy Joint Unified | 99.2 |
| 511 | Nuview Union | Nuview Union | 99.2 |
| 511 | Fullerton Joint Union High School | Fullerton Joint Union High | 99.2 |
| 511 | San Ramon Valley Unified School District | San Ramon Valley Unified | 99.2 |
| 511 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 99.2 |
| 516 | Rocklin Unified School District | Rocklin Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Menifee Union Elementary School District | Menifee Union Elementary | 99.1 |
| 516 | Ripon Unified School District | Ripon Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Saddleback Valley Unified School District | Saddleback Valley Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Orange County Department of Education | Orange County Department of Education | 99.1 |
| 516 | Corona-Norco Unified School District | Corona-Norco Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Walnut Valley Unified School District | Walnut Valley Unified | 99.1 |
| 516 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 99.1 |
| 526 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 99 |
| 526 | El Monte Union High School | El Monte Union High | 99 |
| 526 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 99 |
| 526 | Los Banos Unified School District | Los Banos Unified | 99 |
| 530 | San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District | San Lorenzo Valley Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 98.9 |
| 530 | Golden Plains Unified School District | Golden Plains Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | Lucia Mar Unified School District | Lucia Mar Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | Lodi Unified School District | Lodi Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | Pomona Unified School District | Pomona Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 98.9 |
| 530 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 98.9 |
| 539 | Covina-Valley Unified School District | Covina-Valley Unified | 98.8 |
| 539 | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified | 98.8 |
| 539 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 98.8 |
| 539 | Victor Valley Union High School | Victor Valley Union High | 98.8 |
| 539 | Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School | Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High | 98.8 |
| 539 | Chino Valley Unified School District | Chino Valley Unified | 98.8 |
| 539 | Lynwood Unified School District | Lynwood Unified | 98.8 |
| 539 | Santa Cruz City High School | Santa Cruz City High | 98.8 |
| 539 | San Ramon Valley Unified School District | San Ramon Valley Unified | 98.8 |
| 539 | Los Alamitos Unified School District | Los Alamitos Unified | 98.8 |
| 549 | Corona-Norco Unified School District | Corona-Norco Unified | 98.7 |
| 549 | Antioch Unified School District | Antioch Unified | 98.7 |
| 549 | Pomona Unified School District | Pomona Unified | 98.7 |
| 549 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 98.7 |
| 549 | SBC - High School Tech High School | SBC - High Tech High | 98.7 |
| 549 | Santa Ana Unified School District | Santa Ana Unified | 98.7 |
| 549 | Capistrano Unified School District | Capistrano Unified | 98.7 |
| 556 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 98.6 |
| 556 | Porterville Unified School District | Porterville Unified | 98.6 |
| 556 | SBE - Academia Avance Charter | SBE - Academia Avance Charter | 98.6 |
| 556 | Mammoth Unified School District | Mammoth Unified | 98.6 |
| 556 | Brea-Olinda Unified School District | Brea-Olinda Unified | 98.6 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
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