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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| 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 |
| 1839 | Carlsbad Unified School District | Carlsbad Unified | 72.3 |
| 1840 | Lodi Unified School District | Lodi Unified | 72.2 |
| 1840 | Kingsburg Joint Union High School | Kingsburg Joint Union High | 72.2 |
| 1842 | Ceres Unified School District | Ceres Unified | 72 |
| 1842 | Hanford Joint Union High School | Hanford Joint Union High | 72 |
| 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 |
| … | |||
| 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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