Ortega High School’s graduation rate in the 2017-2018 school year was 43.6 percent, worse than the previous school year’s graduation rate of 61.1 percent, according to the California Department of Education.
According to CDE data, graduation rates continue to indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between White, Black, Latino, and English-learning 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 four-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 ELsand 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.
School Graduation Rates Compared to Previous Year
| School | Graduation Rate (2017-2018) | Previous Year Graduation Rate (2016-2017) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakendell Community | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Elk Creek Junior-Senior High School | 83.3 | 100 | |
| 1 | Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Templeton Independent Study High School | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Gateway High School | 95.2 | 100 | |
| 1 | Middle College High School | 98.1 | 100 | |
| 1 | Accelerated Achievement Academy | 75 | 100 | |
| 1 | Verdugo Academy | 96 | 100 | |
| 1 | Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Desert Oasis High School (Continuation) | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Grizzly ChalleNGe Charter | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Palisades Charter High School | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Noyo High School (Continuation) | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Nueva Vista Continuation High School | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Enterprise High School | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Lincoln High School (Continuation) | 97.8 | 100 | |
| 1 | Twain High School | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Mountain Valley Academy | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | YouthBuild Charter School of California | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Dehesa Charter | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Palmdale Aerospace Academy | 97.3 | 100 | |
| 1 | Pescadero High School | 93.6 | 100 | |
| 1 | Vista Alternative | 81.8 | 100 | |
| 1 | West Campus | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | Soldier Mountain High School (Continuation) | 100 | 100 | |
| … | ||||
| 1871 | Abraham Lincoln Continuation | 78.3 | 63.4 | |
| 1872 | McClymonds High School | 73.3 | 63.2 | |
| 1872 | Village Oaks High School | 66.7 | 63.2 | |
| 1874 | Chaparral High School | 66.7 | 62.9 | |
| 1874 | Valley Oak High School | 57.1 | 62.9 | |
| 1874 | Jane Frederick High School | 70.3 | 62.9 | |
| 1874 | Canyon Ridge High School | 70 | 62.9 | |
| 1878 | Central Coast High School | 76.2 | 62.8 | |
| 1878 | Success One! | 20.3 | 62.8 | |
| 1878 | IvyTech Charter | 59 | 62.8 | |
| 1881 | Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center | 70 | 62.5 | |
| 1881 | Community High School (Continuation) | 100 | 62.5 | |
| 1881 | Westside High School | 60 | 62.5 | |
| 1881 | Mendota Continuation High School | 63.6 | 62.5 | |
| 1881 | Tulare Technical Preparatory High School | 52.4 | 62.5 | |
| 1881 | Leffingwell High School (Continuation) | 44.4 | 62.5 | |
| 1881 | Eagle Summit Community Day | 66.7 | 62.5 | |
| 1888 | Plaza Robles Continuation High School | 44.9 | 61.8 | |
| 1888 | Sierra High School | 77.8 | 61.8 | |
| 1888 | Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School | 58.1 | 61.8 | |
| 1891 | La Vista High School (Continuation) | 55.1 | 61.7 | |
| 1892 | Buena Vista Continuation High School | 66.1 | 61.5 | |
| 1893 | Ivy High School (Continuation) | 100 | 61.4 | |
| 1894 | Elm High School | 34.3 | 61.3 | |
| 1895 | Independence High School | 53 | 61.2 | |
| 1896 | Ortega High School | 43.6 | 61.1 | |
| 1897 | National University Academy | 57.1 | 61 | |
| 1897 | John B. Allard | 62.8 | 61 | |
| 1899 | Orangewood High School (Continuation) | 55.6 | 60.8 | |
| 1900 | Shasta County Independent Study Charter | 43.5 | 60.7 | |
| 1900 | Kinney High School (Continuation) | 44.6 | 60.7 | |
| 1900 | Independence High School (Continuation) | 47.6 | 60.7 | |
| 1903 | Gateway High School (Continuation) | 46 | 60.6 | |
| 1903 | Ridgway High School (Continuation) | 64.3 | 60.6 | |
| 1905 | South Lindhurst Continuation High School | 77.3 | 60.2 | |
| 1906 | CIS Academy | 45.1 | 60.1 | |
| 1907 | Jan Work Community | 100 | 60 | |
| 1907 | Desert Learning Academy | 100 | 60 | |
| 1907 | Riverside County Education Academy | 59.2 | 60 | |
| 1907 | Owens Valley High School | 100 | 60 | |
| 1907 | Gateway High School (Continuation) | 30.8 | 60 | |
| 1907 | Select Community Day (Secondary) | 37.5 | 60 | |
| 1907 | Montebello Community Day | 45.2 | 60 | |
| 1914 | Daily (Allan F.) High School (Continuation) | 54.4 | 59.9 | |
| 1915 | Glen View High School | 65.4 | 59.8 | |
| 1916 | Phoenix High School (Continuation) | 47.2 | 59.6 | |
| 1916 | Citrus High School | 100 | 59.6 | |
| 1916 | Jack London Continuation | 72.7 | 59.6 | |
| 1919 | Estrellita Continuation High School | 36.4 | 59.5 | |
| 1919 | El Cajon Valley High School | 50.6 | 59.5 | |
| 1921 | Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter | 35 | 59.4 | |
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| 2216 | Riverside County Special Education | 7 | 10 | |
| 2218 | Bill M. Manes High School | 16.7 | 9.5 | |
| 2219 | Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High School | 57.1 | 9.1 | |
| 2220 | Central Juvenile Hall | 4.9 | 8.8 | |
| 2221 | Sanhedrin High School | 97 | 6.3 | |
| 2222 | Sutter County Special Education | 1.8 | 5.5 | |
| 2223 | Berenece Carlson Home Hospital | 4.8 | 5.4 | |
| 2224 | Los Angeles County Special Education | 7.3 | 4.5 | |
| 2225 | Gould Educational Center | 14.1 | 3 | |
| 2226 | San Bernardino County Special Education | 0.4 | 2.4 | |
| 2227 | Saint Helena High School | 90.8 | 1.5 | |
| 2227 | Pathway Independent Study | 98.8 | 1.5 | |
| 2229 | Laurel Ruff Transition | 3.1 | 1 | |
| 2230 | Corning High School | 90 | 0.5 | |
| 2231 | Providence Jr./Sr. High School | 100 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Phoenix Academy | 80 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Aspire East Palo Alto Charter | 49.1 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Sage Creek High School | 97.4 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Humboldt County Office of Education Court | 100 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Cottonwood Community Day | 100 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Public Safety Academy | 97.7 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Mendocino Alternative | 100 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Travis Independent Study | 100 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Conservatory of Vocal/Instrumental Arts High School | 33.3 | 0 | |
| 2231 | Southern Humboldt Community | 50 | 0 | |
