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 |
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| 1618 | Julian Union Elementary School District | Julian Union Elementary | 84.6 |
| 1618 | Winters Joint Unified School District | Winters Joint Unified | 84.6 |
| 1624 | Morongo Unified School District | Morongo Unified | 84.5 |
| 1625 | Coalinga-Huron Unified School District | Coalinga-Huron Unified | 84.4 |
| 1626 | Santa Cruz City High School | Santa Cruz City High | 84.3 |
| 1626 | Byron Union Elementary School District | Byron Union Elementary | 84.3 |
| 1626 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 84.3 |
| 1626 | Gateway Unified School District | Gateway Unified | 84.3 |
| 1630 | Anaheim Union High School | Anaheim Union High | 84.2 |
| 1630 | San Mateo Union High School | San Mateo Union High | 84.2 |
| 1630 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 84.2 |
| 1633 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 84.1 |
| 1634 | Stockton Unified School District | Stockton Unified | 84 |
| 1635 | Twin Rivers Unified School District | Twin Rivers Unified | 83.9 |
| 1636 | Coachella Valley Unified School District | Coachella Valley Unified | 83.8 |
| 1636 | Victor Valley Union High School | Victor Valley Union High | 83.8 |
| 1636 | Fortuna Union High School | Fortuna Union High | 83.8 |
| 1639 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 83.7 |
| 1639 | Antioch Unified School District | Antioch Unified | 83.7 |
| 1639 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 83.7 |
| 1642 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 83.6 |
| 1642 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 83.6 |
| 1644 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 83.5 |
| 1644 | Gridley Unified School District | Gridley Unified | 83.5 |
| 1646 | Stony Creek Joint Unified School District | Stony Creek Joint Unified | 83.3 |
| 1646 | Ojai Unified School District | Ojai Unified | 83.3 |
| 1646 | Lake Tahoe Unified School District | Lake Tahoe Unified | 83.3 |
| 1646 | Modesto City High School | Modesto City High | 83.3 |
| 1646 | Coachella Valley Unified School District | Coachella Valley Unified | 83.3 |
| 1651 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 83.2 |
| 1652 | Montebello Unified School District | Montebello Unified | 83.1 |
| 1652 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 83.1 |
| 1654 | San Juan Unified School District | San Juan Unified | 83 |
| 1654 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 83 |
| 1654 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 83 |
| 1657 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 82.9 |
| 1657 | Anaheim Union High School | Anaheim Union High | 82.9 |
| 1657 | Mojave Unified School District | Mojave Unified | 82.9 |
| 1657 | Lodi Unified School District | Lodi Unified | 82.9 |
| 1661 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 82.8 |
| 1661 | Santa Cruz City High School | Santa Cruz City High | 82.8 |
| 1661 | Vallejo City Unified School District | Vallejo City Unified | 82.8 |
| 1661 | Newport-Mesa Unified School District | Newport-Mesa Unified | 82.8 |
| 1665 | Sweetwater Union High School | Sweetwater Union High | 82.7 |
| 1665 | Chico Unified School District | Chico Unified | 82.7 |
| 1665 | Del Norte County Unified School District | Del Norte County Unified | 82.7 |
| 1665 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 82.7 |
| 1665 | Alameda Unified School District | Alameda Unified | 82.7 |
| 1670 | Nevada Joint Union High School | Nevada Joint Union High | 82.6 |
| 1671 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 82.5 |
| 1671 | Escondido Union High School | Escondido Union High | 82.5 |
| … | |||
| 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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