South Bay Leader

South High School had a lower graduation rate than Torrance Unified District's overall graduation rate at 95.7 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

In comparison, Torrance Unified District had a graduation rate of 98.4 percent for the 2017-2018 school year. According to CDE data, graduation rates continue to indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between white, Black, Latino, and English learner students.

According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in the 2017-2018 school year, of the 50 states where data was collected, students with disabilities were at the bottom of 4-year high school graduation rates by student group.

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

Rank	School	School Graduation Rate	District Graduation Rate
1	Abraham Lincoln Alternative	100.0	91.67
1	Academy of the Redwoods	100.0	91.32
1	Acalanes Center for Independent Study	100.0	99.01
1	ACCESS County Community	100.0	99.52
1	Adelante High School	100.0	95.97
1	Adelante High School	100.0	98.8
1	Aggeler Community Day	100.0	88.53
1	Alameda Science and Technology Institute	100.0	90.11
1	Alps View High School (Continuation)	100.0	97.53
1	Antelope Valley Learning Academy	100.0	100.0
1	Arbuckle Alternative High School (Continuation)	100.0	91.89
1	Arena High School (Continuation)	100.0	100.0
1	Aurora High School (Continuation)	100.0	97.98
1	Avalon High School	100.0	88.53
1	Baker High School	100.0	100.0
1	Bell Senior High School	100.0	88.53
1	Benjamin Franklin Senior High School	100.0	88.53
1	Briones (Alternative)	100.0	97.12
1	Buena Vista High School	100.0	94.44
1	Burroughs High School	100.0	93.87
1	Butte Valley High School	100.0	100.0
1	Butte View High School	100.0	99.48
1	Cal Burke High School	100.0	88.53
1	Calaveras River Academy	100.0	100.0
1	Calico Continuation High School	100.0	100.0
…
628	El Camino High School	96.05	89.04
628	Monterey County Home Charter	96.05	59.63
630	Analy High School	96.04	92.04
631	Laytonville High School	96.0	92.31
631	Middle College High School	96.0	90.81
631	Verdugo Academy	96.0	88.96
634	Buchanan High School	95.99	90.82
635	Branham High School	95.96	92.6
636	Monterey High School	95.95	88.94
637	San Dimas High School	95.94	93.04
638	James C. Enochs High School	95.92	88.87
638	Pacheco High School	95.92	96.21
638	Wells (Ida B.) High School	95.92	83.67
641	Steele Canyon High School	95.91	77.64
642	San Diego International Studies	95.9	81.86
643	Escalon High School	95.89	96.75
643	Evergreen Valley High School	95.89	84.07
645	Liberty High School	95.84	90.47
646	Animo Leadership High School	95.83	96.03
647	Pasadena High School	95.81	77.16
648	Northview High School	95.8	94.44
649	Clovis East High School	95.77	90.82
649	Upland High School	95.77	93.58
651	Irvington High School	95.76	91.04
651	Nogales High School	95.76	89.42
653	South High School	95.74	98.36
654	Pacifica High School	95.73	88.16
654	San Marin High School	95.73	95.5
656	City Arts and Tech High School	95.71	83.67
656	Claremont High School	95.71	94.29
656	Duarte High School	95.71	94.36
659	Redwood High School	95.69	91.44
660	Mission Viejo High School	95.68	95.36
661	Cerritos High School	95.64	90.59
661	Hercules High School	95.64	85.0
661	Ramona High School	95.64	92.34
661	Rancho Cucamonga High School	95.64	89.17
665	Wheatland Union High School	95.6	95.6
666	Edison High School	95.56	86.82
666	Half Moon Bay High School	95.56	91.34
668	Sultana High School	95.55	93.11
669	Windsor High School	95.53	92.87
670	Desert Junior-Senior High School	95.51	91.91
671	King/Drew Medical Magnet High School	95.5	88.53
671	Lassen High School	95.5	96.04
673	Davis Senior High School	95.49	95.9
674	El Toro High School	95.48	95.36
675	Arroyo High School	95.45	86.01
675	Bellflower High School	95.45	93.49
675	Folsom Lake High School	95.45	91.33
675	Hollywood Senior High School	95.45	88.53
…
1754	R. Rex Parris High School	22.62	80.58
1755	Maine Prairie High School (Continuation)	22.45	85.85
1756	New Horizon High School	22.22	67.88
1757	Apollo High School	21.18	84.07
1758	Berkeley Technology Academy	20.45	85.86
1759	Alessandro	20.0	86.63
1759	Blue Ridge	20.0	76.72
1759	Gateway High School (Continuation)	20.0	87.26
1759	Indian Hills Continuation High School	20.0	89.19
1763	Riley/New Dawn	19.35	81.86
1764	Bill M. Manes High School	16.67	85.37
1764	Burbank USD Community Day	16.67	93.87
1764	Dan Jacobs	16.67	57.14
1764	H. Glenn Richardson	16.67	80.61
1768	Banning Independent Study	16.28	67.88
1769	River Bend	14.29	91.44
1770	Gould Educational Center	14.1	50.45
1771	Clovis Community Day Secondary	12.5	90.82
1771	Mountain View High School	12.5	93.42
1773	Laurel Tree Charter	10.0	91.12
1774	Home & Hosp/Transition Support	7.69	81.86
1775	Riverside County Special Education	7.04	44.47
1776	East Hills Academy	6.25	82.0
1777	Central Juvenile Hall	4.88	69.06
1778	Berenece Carlson Home Hospital	4.76	88.53