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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| 1844 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 71.9 |
| 1844 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 71.9 |
| 1846 | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | 71.8 |
| 1846 | Duarte Unified School District | Duarte Unified | 71.8 |
| 1846 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 71.8 |
| 1849 | Oceanside Unified School District | Oceanside Unified | 71.5 |
| 1850 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 71.4 |
| 1850 | Charter Oak Unified School District | Charter Oak Unified | 71.4 |
| 1850 | Konocti Unified School District | Konocti Unified | 71.4 |
| 1850 | Big Pine Unified School District | Big Pine Unified | 71.4 |
| 1850 | Sacramento County Office of Education | Sacramento County Office of Education | 71.4 |
| 1850 | Compton Unified School District | Compton Unified | 71.4 |
| 1850 | San Juan Unified School District | San Juan Unified | 71.4 |
| 1857 | Desert Sands Unified School District | Desert Sands Unified | 71.3 |
| 1858 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 71.1 |
| 1858 | Meridian Elementary School District | Meridian Elementary | 71.1 |
| 1860 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 71 |
| 1861 | Jefferson Elementary School District | Jefferson Elementary | 70.9 |
| 1861 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 70.9 |
| 1863 | Monterey Peninsula Unified School District | Monterey Peninsula Unified | 70.7 |
| 1863 | Tulare Joint Union High School | Tulare Joint Union High | 70.7 |
| 1863 | Orange Unified School District | Orange Unified | 70.7 |
| 1866 | Carlsbad Unified School District | Carlsbad Unified | 70.6 |
| 1867 | South San Francisco Unified School District | South San Francisco Unified | 70.5 |
| 1867 | New Jerusalem Elementary School District | New Jerusalem Elementary | 70.5 |
| 1867 | Inyo County Office of Education | Inyo County Office of Education | 70.5 |
| 1867 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 70.5 |
| 1871 | Stockton Unified School District | Stockton Unified | 70.3 |
| 1872 | Kern High School | Kern High | 70.2 |
| 1873 | Dehesa Elementary School District | Dehesa Elementary | 70.1 |
| 1874 | Modesto City High School | Modesto City High | 70 |
| 1874 | Hesperia Unified School District | Hesperia Unified | 70 |
| 1876 | Nevada County Office of Education | Nevada County Office of Education | 69.9 |
| 1877 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 69.8 |
| 1878 | Exeter Unified School District | Exeter Unified | 69.6 |
| 1878 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 69.6 |
| 1880 | Orange County Department of Education | Orange County Department of Education | 69.5 |
| 1881 | Brawley Union High School | Brawley Union High | 69.4 |
| 1882 | Selma Unified School District | Selma Unified | 68.8 |
| 1882 | Shasta Union High School | Shasta Union High | 68.8 |
| 1884 | San Dieguito Union High School | San Dieguito Union High | 68.7 |
| 1885 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 68.6 |
| 1886 | Barstow Unified School District | Barstow Unified | 68.5 |
| 1887 | Nevada County Office of Education | Nevada County Office of Education | 68.4 |
| 1887 | Ramona City Unified School District | Ramona City Unified | 68.4 |
| 1887 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 68.4 |
| 1890 | Rialto Unified School District | Rialto Unified | 67.5 |
| 1891 | Elk Grove Unified School District | Elk Grove Unified | 67.4 |
| 1892 | Santa Paula Unified School District | Santa Paula Unified | 67.1 |
| 1892 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 67.1 |
| 1894 | Riverside Unified School District | Riverside Unified | 66.9 |
| … | |||
| 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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