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 |
| … | |||
| 580 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | Conejo Valley Unified School District | Conejo Valley Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | Manteca Unified School District | Manteca Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | New Jerusalem Elementary School District | New Jerusalem Elementary | 98.3 |
| 580 | Glendale Unified School District | Glendale Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | Chawanakee Unified School District | Chawanakee Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | Newport-Mesa Unified School District | Newport-Mesa Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | Stockton Unified School District | Stockton Unified | 98.3 |
| 580 | Orange Unified School District | Orange Unified | 98.3 |
| 589 | Vista Unified School District | Vista Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | Charter Oak Unified School District | Charter Oak Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | SBC - High School Tech High School | SBC - High Tech High | 98.2 |
| 589 | Palm Springs Unified School District | Palm Springs Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | Beaumont Unified School District | Beaumont Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | Acalanes Union High School | Acalanes Union High | 98.2 |
| 589 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 98.2 |
| 589 | La Canada Unified School District | La Canada Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | Merced County Office of Education | Merced County Office of Education | 98.2 |
| 589 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 98.2 |
| 589 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | Burbank Unified School District | Burbank Unified | 98.2 |
| 589 | Conejo Valley Unified School District | Conejo Valley Unified | 98.2 |
| 602 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 98.1 |
| 602 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 98.1 |
| 602 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 98.1 |
| 602 | San Jacinto Unified School District | San Jacinto Unified | 98.1 |
| 602 | Alhambra Unified School District | Alhambra Unified | 98.1 |
| 607 | Sanger Unified School District | Sanger Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Poway Unified School District | Poway Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Elk Grove Unified School District | Elk Grove Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Oak Park Unified School District | Oak Park Unified | 98 |
| 607 | San Bernardino City Unified School District | San Bernardino City Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Sequoia Union High School | Sequoia Union High | 98 |
| 607 | Hesperia Unified School District | Hesperia Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Lake Elsinore Unified School District | Lake Elsinore Unified | 98 |
| 607 | Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District | Livermore Valley Joint Unified | 98 |
| 617 | Huntington Beach Union High School | Huntington Beach Union High | 97.9 |
| 617 | Tulare County Office of Education | Tulare County Office of Education | 97.9 |
| 617 | Tulare Joint Union High School | Tulare Joint Union High | 97.9 |
| 617 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 97.9 |
| 617 | Snowline Joint Unified School District | Snowline Joint Unified | 97.9 |
| 617 | Pleasanton Unified School District | Pleasanton Unified | 97.9 |
| 617 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 97.9 |
| 624 | San Leandro Unified School District | San Leandro Unified | 97.8 |
| 624 | Temple City Unified School District | Temple City Unified | 97.8 |
| 624 | Acalanes Union High School | Acalanes Union High | 97.8 |
| 624 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 97.8 |
| 624 | Fremont Union High School | Fremont Union High | 97.8 |
| 624 | Liberty Union High School | Liberty Union High | 97.8 |
| 624 | Poway Unified School District | Poway Unified | 97.8 |
| … | |||
| 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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