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 |
| … | |||
| 1095 | Whittier Union High School | Whittier Union High | 93.3 |
| 1095 | Siskiyou Union High School | Siskiyou Union High | 93.3 |
| 1095 | Newport-Mesa Unified School District | Newport-Mesa Unified | 93.3 |
| 1095 | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified | 93.3 |
| 1095 | San Lorenzo Unified School District | San Lorenzo Unified | 93.3 |
| 1095 | Kern High School | Kern High | 93.3 |
| 1095 | Manteca Unified School District | Manteca Unified | 93.3 |
| 1095 | Woodlake Unified School District | Woodlake Unified | 93.3 |
| 1104 | Plumas Unified School District | Plumas Unified | 93.2 |
| 1104 | Whittier Union High School | Whittier Union High | 93.2 |
| 1104 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 93.2 |
| 1104 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 93.2 |
| 1104 | Murrieta Valley Unified School District | Murrieta Valley Unified | 93.2 |
| 1104 | Lemoore Union High School | Lemoore Union High | 93.2 |
| 1104 | Chico Unified School District | Chico Unified | 93.2 |
| 1104 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 93.2 |
| 1112 | Alhambra Unified School District | Alhambra Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Dinuba Unified School District | Dinuba Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Fall River Joint Unified School District | Fall River Joint Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Aromas - San Juan Unified School District | Aromas - San Juan Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Riverside Unified School District | Riverside Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Antioch Unified School District | Antioch Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Orland Joint Unified School District | Orland Joint Unified | 93.1 |
| 1112 | San Mateo Union High School | San Mateo Union High | 93.1 |
| 1112 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 93.1 |
| 1121 | Fremont Unified School District | Fremont Unified | 93 |
| 1121 | Yreka Union High School | Yreka Union High | 93 |
| 1121 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 93 |
| 1121 | Huntington Beach Union High School | Huntington Beach Union High | 93 |
| 1121 | El Rancho Unified School District | El Rancho Unified | 93 |
| 1121 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 93 |
| 1127 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Alvord Unified School District | Alvord Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Oakdale Joint Unified School District | Oakdale Joint Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Riverbank Unified School District | Riverbank Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Salinas Union High School | Salinas Union High | 92.9 |
| 1127 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | El Dorado Union High School | El Dorado Union High | 92.9 |
| 1127 | San Juan Unified School District | San Juan Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Nevada Joint Union High School | Nevada Joint Union High | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise | SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Ojai Unified School District | Ojai Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Napa Valley Unified School District | Napa Valley Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Cuyama Joint Unified School District | Cuyama Joint Unified | 92.9 |
| 1127 | SBE - Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana | SBE - Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana | 92.9 |
| 1127 | Bonita Unified School District | Bonita Unified | 92.9 |
| 1146 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 92.8 |
| … | |||
| 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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