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 |
| … | |||
| 743 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 96.7 |
| 743 | Fremont Union High School | Fremont Union High | 96.7 |
| 743 | Travis Unified School District | Travis Unified | 96.7 |
| 743 | Santa Ana Unified School District | Santa Ana Unified | 96.7 |
| 747 | Capistrano Unified School District | Capistrano Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Fall River Joint Unified School District | Fall River Joint Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Kern High School | Kern High | 96.6 |
| 747 | Maxwell Unified School District | Maxwell Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Montebello Unified School District | Montebello Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Pomona Unified School District | Pomona Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | West Covina Unified School District | West Covina Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Kern County Office of Education | Kern County Office of Education | 96.6 |
| 747 | San Luis Coastal Unified School District | San Luis Coastal Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Anaheim Union High School | Anaheim Union High | 96.6 |
| 747 | Colton Joint Unified School District | Colton Joint Unified | 96.6 |
| 747 | Borrego Springs Unified School District | Borrego Springs Unified | 96.6 |
| 760 | Lucia Mar Unified School District | Lucia Mar Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | Fairfield-Suisun Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Tustin Unified School District | Tustin Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Garden Grove Unified School District | Garden Grove Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Elk Grove Unified School District | Elk Grove Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Pacific Grove Unified School District | Pacific Grove Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Martinez Unified School District | Martinez Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District | Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | San Dieguito Union High School | San Dieguito Union High | 96.5 |
| 760 | Murrieta Valley Unified School District | Murrieta Valley Unified | 96.5 |
| 760 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 96.5 |
| 775 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Palo Alto Unified School District | Palo Alto Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Golden Valley Unified School District | Golden Valley Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District | Newman-Crows Landing Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Glendora Unified School District | Glendora Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Murrieta Valley Unified School District | Murrieta Valley Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Apple Valley Unified School District | Apple Valley Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Merced County Office of Education | Merced County Office of Education | 96.4 |
| 775 | Hacienda la Puente Unified School District | Hacienda la Puente Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified | 96.4 |
| 775 | Sweetwater Union High School | Sweetwater Union High | 96.4 |
| 775 | San Marcos Unified School District | San Marcos Unified | 96.4 |
| 788 | San Bernardino City Unified School District | San Bernardino City Unified | 96.3 |
| 788 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 96.3 |
| 788 | Albany City Unified School District | Albany City Unified | 96.3 |
| 788 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 96.3 |
| 788 | Central Union High School | Central Union High | 96.3 |
| 788 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 96.3 |
| … | |||
| 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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