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 |
| … | |||
| 1465 | Geyserville Unified School District | Geyserville Unified | 88.2 |
| 1465 | Modesto City High School | Modesto City High | 88.2 |
| 1465 | Morongo Unified School District | Morongo Unified | 88.2 |
| 1471 | Anderson Union High School | Anderson Union High | 88.1 |
| 1471 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 88.1 |
| 1471 | Oceanside Unified School District | Oceanside Unified | 88.1 |
| 1471 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 88.1 |
| 1475 | Lawndale Elementary School District | Lawndale Elementary | 88 |
| 1475 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 88 |
| 1477 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 87.9 |
| 1477 | Northern Humboldt Union High School | Northern Humboldt Union High | 87.9 |
| 1477 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 87.9 |
| 1477 | Mariposa County Unified School District | Mariposa County Unified | 87.9 |
| 1481 | West Covina Unified School District | West Covina Unified | 87.8 |
| 1481 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 87.8 |
| 1481 | Apple Valley Unified School District | Apple Valley Unified | 87.8 |
| 1481 | Paradise Unified School District | Paradise Unified | 87.8 |
| 1485 | Lodi Unified School District | Lodi Unified | 87.7 |
| 1485 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 87.7 |
| 1485 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 87.7 |
| 1488 | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified | 87.6 |
| 1489 | Colton Joint Unified School District | Colton Joint Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Contra Costa County Office of Education | Contra Costa County Office of Education | 87.5 |
| 1489 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Merced Union High School | Merced Union High | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Oxnard Union High School | Oxnard Union High | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Santa Ynez Valley Union High School | Santa Ynez Valley Union High | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Plumas Unified School District | Plumas Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Pomona Unified School District | Pomona Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Visalia Unified School District | Visalia Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Hesperia Unified School District | Hesperia Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Lodi Unified School District | Lodi Unified | 87.5 |
| 1489 | Oxnard Union High School | Oxnard Union High | 87.5 |
| 1503 | Antioch Unified School District | Antioch Unified | 87.4 |
| 1503 | San Lorenzo Unified School District | San Lorenzo Unified | 87.4 |
| 1503 | Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District | Kings Canyon Joint Unified | 87.4 |
| 1503 | Snowline Joint Unified School District | Snowline Joint Unified | 87.4 |
| 1507 | Washington Unified School District | Washington Unified | 87.3 |
| 1507 | Tulare Joint Union High School | Tulare Joint Union High | 87.3 |
| 1507 | Irvine Unified School District | Irvine Unified | 87.3 |
| 1510 | Alameda County Office of Education | Alameda County Office of Education | 87.2 |
| 1510 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 87.2 |
| 1512 | Sweetwater Union High School | Sweetwater Union High | 87.1 |
| 1512 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 87.1 |
| 1512 | San Leandro Unified School District | San Leandro Unified | 87.1 |
| 1512 | Martinez Unified School District | Martinez Unified | 87.1 |
| 1512 | Desert Sands Unified School District | Desert Sands Unified | 87.1 |
| 1517 | Harmony Union Elementary School District | Harmony Union Elementary | 87 |
| 1517 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 87 |
| … | |||
| 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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