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 |
| … | |||
| 898 | Chino Valley Unified School District | Chino Valley Unified | 95.3 |
| 898 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 95.3 |
| 898 | Merced Union High School | Merced Union High | 95.3 |
| 898 | Riverside Unified School District | Riverside Unified | 95.3 |
| 898 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 95.3 |
| 898 | Temecula Valley Unified School District | Temecula Valley Unified | 95.3 |
| 898 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.3 |
| 912 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Mt. Diablo Unified School District | Mt. Diablo Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | San Bernardino City Unified School District | San Bernardino City Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Moorpark Unified School District | Moorpark Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Manteca Unified School District | Manteca Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | San Juan Unified School District | San Juan Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Porterville Unified School District | Porterville Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Chico Unified School District | Chico Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | San Diego County Office of Education | San Diego County Office of Education | 95.2 |
| 912 | San Marcos Unified School District | San Marcos Unified | 95.2 |
| 912 | Natomas Unified School District | Natomas Unified | 95.2 |
| 926 | Temecula Valley Unified School District | Temecula Valley Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Tustin Unified School District | Tustin Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Elk Grove Unified School District | Elk Grove Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Amador County Unified School District | Amador County Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Fremont Unified School District | Fremont Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Merced Union High School | Merced Union High | 95.1 |
| 926 | Gilroy Unified School District | Gilroy Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Sequoia Union High School | Sequoia Union High | 95.1 |
| 926 | Napa Valley Unified School District | Napa Valley Unified | 95.1 |
| 926 | Soledad Unified School District | Soledad Unified | 95.1 |
| 936 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Palo Verde Unified School District | Palo Verde Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Lakeside Union Elementary School District | Lakeside Union Elementary | 95 |
| 936 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Redlands Unified School District | Redlands Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Orcutt Union Elementary School District | Orcutt Union Elementary | 95 |
| 936 | Liberty Union High School | Liberty Union High | 95 |
| 936 | Porterville Unified School District | Porterville Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Arcadia Unified School District | Arcadia Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 95 |
| 936 | Beverly Hills Unified School District | Beverly Hills Unified | 95 |
| 936 | Perris Union High School | Perris Union High | 95 |
| 936 | Chino Valley Unified School District | Chino Valley Unified | 95 |
| 949 | South Pasadena Unified School District | South Pasadena Unified | 94.9 |
| 949 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 94.9 |
| 949 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 94.9 |
| 949 | San Jacinto Unified School District | San Jacinto Unified | 94.9 |
| 949 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 94.9 |
| 949 | Roseville Joint Union High School | Roseville Joint Union High | 94.9 |
| 949 | Shasta Union High School | Shasta Union High | 94.9 |
| … | |||
| 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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