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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| 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 |
| 1895 | Hilmar Unified School District | Hilmar Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Point Arena Joint Union High School | Point Arena Joint Union High | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Bishop Unified School District | Bishop Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Fresno County Office of Education | Fresno County Office of Education | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Corning Union High School | Corning Union High | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Sweetwater Union High School | Sweetwater Union High | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Culver City Unified School District | Culver City Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Farmersville Unified School District | Farmersville Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | McFarland Unified School District | McFarland Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Imperial County Office of Education | Imperial County Office of Education | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Mono County Office of Education | Mono County Office of Education | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Willits Unified School District | Willits Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Lincoln Unified School District | Lincoln Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | Snowline Joint Unified School District | Snowline Joint Unified | 66.7 |
| 1895 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 66.7 |
| 1913 | Alameda County Office of Education | Alameda County Office of Education | 66.2 |
| 1914 | Chino Valley Unified School District | Chino Valley Unified | 66.1 |
| 1915 | Kern High School | Kern High | 65.8 |
| 1916 | Pleasanton Unified School District | Pleasanton Unified | 65.6 |
| 1916 | Centinela Valley Union High School | Centinela Valley Union High | 65.6 |
| 1918 | Beaumont Unified School District | Beaumont Unified | 65.4 |
| 1919 | Kern County Office of Education | Kern County Office of Education | 65.2 |
| 1920 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 65 |
| 1920 | Selma Unified School District | Selma Unified | 65 |
| 1920 | San Mateo County Office of Education | San Mateo County Office of Education | 65 |
| 1923 | North Monterey County Unified School District | North Monterey County Unified | 64.9 |
| 1924 | Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District | Valley Center-Pauma Unified | 64.7 |
| 1924 | Dinuba Unified School District | Dinuba Unified | 64.7 |
| 1924 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 64.7 |
| 1924 | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | Fairfield-Suisun Unified | 64.7 |
| 1924 | Santa Ana Unified School District | Santa Ana Unified | 64.7 |
| 1929 | Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District | Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified | 64.6 |
| 1930 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 64.5 |
| 1931 | Riverside Unified School District | Riverside Unified | 64.3 |
| … | |||
| 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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