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 |
| … | |||
| 1785 | Mt. Diablo Unified School District | Mt. Diablo Unified | 76.2 |
| 1789 | Oakdale Joint Unified School District | Oakdale Joint Unified | 76 |
| 1790 | Newark Unified School District | Newark Unified | 75.7 |
| 1791 | San Lorenzo Unified School District | San Lorenzo Unified | 75.6 |
| 1791 | West Sonoma County Union High School | West Sonoma County Union High | 75.6 |
| 1793 | Riverside County Office of Education | Riverside County Office of Education | 75.5 |
| 1794 | Milpitas Unified School District | Milpitas Unified | 75.3 |
| 1795 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 75.2 |
| 1796 | Oxnard Union High School | Oxnard Union High | 75.1 |
| 1797 | San Marcos Unified School District | San Marcos Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 75 |
| 1797 | Ukiah Unified School District | Ukiah Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Death Valley Unified School District | Death Valley Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Reef-Sunset Unified School District | Reef-Sunset Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Washington Unified School District | Washington Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Oak Grove Union Elementary School District | Oak Grove Union Elementary | 75 |
| 1797 | Lucia Mar Unified School District | Lucia Mar Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | River Delta Joint Unified School District | River Delta Joint Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Corona-Norco Unified School District | Corona-Norco Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 75 |
| 1797 | Manteca Unified School District | Manteca Unified | 75 |
| 1810 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 74.7 |
| 1811 | Sierra Sands Unified School District | Sierra Sands Unified | 74.5 |
| 1812 | Eureka City Schools | Eureka City Schools | 74.4 |
| 1813 | Pasadena Unified School District | Pasadena Unified | 74.2 |
| 1813 | Lemoore Union High School | Lemoore Union High | 74.2 |
| 1813 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 74.2 |
| 1816 | Petaluma Joint Union High School | Petaluma Joint Union High | 74.1 |
| 1817 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 74 |
| 1818 | Davis Joint Unified School District | Davis Joint Unified | 73.8 |
| 1819 | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | 73.7 |
| 1820 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 73.5 |
| 1820 | San Benito High School | San Benito High | 73.5 |
| 1822 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 73.4 |
| 1823 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 73.3 |
| 1823 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 73.3 |
| 1823 | Placer County Office of Education | Placer County Office of Education | 73.3 |
| 1826 | Central Unified School District | Central Unified | 73.2 |
| 1827 | Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa High | 73.1 |
| 1827 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 73.1 |
| 1829 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 73 |
| 1830 | El Dorado County Office of Education | El Dorado County Office of Education | 72.8 |
| 1830 | Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District | Livermore Valley Joint Unified | 72.8 |
| 1832 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 72.7 |
| 1832 | Calistoga Joint Unified School District | Calistoga Joint Unified | 72.7 |
| 1832 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 72.7 |
| 1832 | Walnut Valley Unified School District | Walnut Valley Unified | 72.7 |
| 1836 | Del Norte County Office of Education | Del Norte County Office of Education | 72.6 |
| 1836 | Los Banos Unified School District | Los Banos Unified | 72.6 |
| 1838 | Jurupa Unified School District | Jurupa Unified | 72.4 |
| … | |||
| 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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