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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| 1538 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 86.6 |
| 1538 | Kern High School | Kern High | 86.6 |
| 1538 | Elk Grove Unified School District | Elk Grove Unified | 86.6 |
| 1543 | Monterey Peninsula Unified School District | Monterey Peninsula Unified | 86.5 |
| 1543 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 86.5 |
| 1543 | Coachella Valley Unified School District | Coachella Valley Unified | 86.5 |
| 1543 | Placer Union High School | Placer Union High | 86.5 |
| 1543 | Santa Barbara Unified School District | Santa Barbara Unified | 86.5 |
| 1548 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 86.4 |
| 1548 | Sweetwater Union High School | Sweetwater Union High | 86.4 |
| 1548 | Perris Union High School | Perris Union High | 86.4 |
| 1548 | Nevada County Office of Education | Nevada County Office of Education | 86.4 |
| 1552 | San Jacinto Unified School District | San Jacinto Unified | 86.3 |
| 1552 | Fort Bragg Unified School District | Fort Bragg Unified | 86.3 |
| 1552 | Rim of the World Unified School District | Rim of the World Unified | 86.3 |
| 1552 | Salinas Union High School | Salinas Union High | 86.3 |
| 1552 | Anaheim Union High School | Anaheim Union High | 86.3 |
| 1552 | Santa Barbara Unified School District | Santa Barbara Unified | 86.3 |
| 1558 | Ventura County Office of Education | Ventura County Office of Education | 86.2 |
| 1558 | Pomona Unified School District | Pomona Unified | 86.2 |
| 1558 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 86.2 |
| 1558 | Rialto Unified School District | Rialto Unified | 86.2 |
| 1558 | Tamalpais Union High School | Tamalpais Union High | 86.2 |
| 1558 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 86.2 |
| 1564 | Wiseburn Unified School District | Wiseburn Unified | 86 |
| 1564 | New Haven Unified School District | New Haven Unified | 86 |
| 1564 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 86 |
| 1564 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 86 |
| 1568 | Liberty Union High School | Liberty Union High | 85.9 |
| 1568 | Mendota Unified School District | Mendota Unified | 85.9 |
| 1568 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 85.9 |
| 1568 | Coachella Valley Unified School District | Coachella Valley Unified | 85.9 |
| 1568 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 85.9 |
| 1568 | Anaheim Union High School | Anaheim Union High | 85.9 |
| 1568 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 85.9 |
| 1575 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 85.8 |
| 1576 | Golden Plains Unified School District | Golden Plains Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | John Swett Unified School District | John Swett Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Orange County Department of Education | Orange County Department of Education | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Pajaro Valley Unified School District | Pajaro Valley Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Round Valley Unified School District | Round Valley Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Palm Springs Unified School District | Palm Springs Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Rowland Unified School District | Rowland Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | El Dorado Union High School | El Dorado Union High | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Berkeley Unified School District | Berkeley Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Mendocino Unified School District | Mendocino Unified | 85.7 |
| 1576 | Alpaugh Unified School District | Alpaugh Unified | 85.7 |
| 1589 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 85.6 |
| 1589 | Hemet Unified School District | Hemet Unified | 85.6 |
| … | |||
| 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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