In comparison, Merced Union High District had a graduation rate of 89.5 percent for the 2017-2018 school year. According to CDE data, graduation rates continue to indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between white, Black, Latino, and English learner students.
According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in the 2017-2018 school year, of the 50 states where data was collected, students with disabilities were at the bottom of 4-year high school graduation rates by student group.
Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says “taken together, prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current ELs and non-ELs and that these inequities explain achievement gaps in middle and early high school” in The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance.
Schools Ranked with Comparison to Their District's Graduation Rate (2017-2018)
| Rank | School | School Graduation Rate | District Graduation Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham Lincoln Alternative | 100.0 | 91.67 |
| 1 | Academy of the Redwoods | 100.0 | 91.32 |
| 1 | Acalanes Center for Independent Study | 100.0 | 99.01 |
| 1 | ACCESS County Community | 100.0 | 99.52 |
| 1 | Adelante High School | 100.0 | 95.97 |
| 1 | Adelante High School | 100.0 | 98.8 |
| 1 | Aggeler Community Day | 100.0 | 88.53 |
| 1 | Alameda Science and Technology Institute | 100.0 | 90.11 |
| 1 | Alps View High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 97.53 |
| 1 | Antelope Valley Learning Academy | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Arbuckle Alternative High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 91.89 |
| 1 | Arena High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Aurora High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 97.98 |
| 1 | Avalon High School | 100.0 | 88.53 |
| 1 | Baker High School | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Bell Senior High School | 100.0 | 88.53 |
| 1 | Benjamin Franklin Senior High School | 100.0 | 88.53 |
| 1 | Briones (Alternative) | 100.0 | 97.12 |
| 1 | Buena Vista High School | 100.0 | 94.44 |
| 1 | Burroughs High School | 100.0 | 93.87 |
| 1 | Butte Valley High School | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Butte View High School | 100.0 | 99.48 |
| 1 | Cal Burke High School | 100.0 | 88.53 |
| 1 | Calaveras River Academy | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 1 | Calico Continuation High School | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| … | |||
| 509 | Yorba Linda High School | 97.28 | 96.24 |
| 512 | Oak Hills High School | 97.26 | 93.11 |
| 512 | Santa Cruz High School | 97.26 | 91.17 |
| 512 | Tamalpais High School | 97.26 | 96.78 |
| 515 | Madera High School | 97.25 | 87.77 |
| 516 | Oak Ridge High School | 97.24 | 94.27 |
| 517 | Fullerton Union High School | 97.23 | 92.56 |
| 518 | Hughson High School | 97.22 | 95.88 |
| 518 | Valley High School (Continuation) | 97.22 | 97.57 |
| 520 | Oakland School for the Arts | 97.2 | 85.06 |
| 521 | El Diamante High School | 97.19 | 91.44 |
| 522 | Katella High School | 97.18 | 87.71 |
| 523 | Homestead High School | 97.15 | 95.88 |
| 524 | La Quinta High School | 97.14 | 88.73 |
| 524 | Preuss School UCSD | 97.14 | 81.86 |
| 524 | Tulelake High School | 97.14 | 100.0 |
| 527 | Citrus Valley High School | 97.13 | 90.11 |
| 527 | Farmersville High School | 97.13 | 94.27 |
| 529 | Aragon High School | 97.12 | 89.92 |
| 529 | Carlmont High School | 97.12 | 88.51 |
| 531 | San Gabriel High School | 97.11 | 95.05 |
| 532 | Gustine High School | 97.1 | 100.0 |
| 532 | Marco Antonio Firebaugh High School | 97.1 | 88.6 |
| 534 | Delhi High School | 97.09 | 100.0 |
| 535 | Citrus Hill High School | 97.08 | 96.35 |
| 536 | Golden Valley High School | 97.07 | 89.45 |
| 536 | Vista del Lago High School | 97.07 | 91.33 |
| 538 | Big Bear High School | 97.06 | 91.04 |
| 539 | Santa Teresa High School | 97.05 | 84.07 |
| 540 | El Dorado High School | 97.03 | 96.24 |
| 541 | Leadership Public Schools - Hayward | 97.01 | 84.7 |
| 541 | Santa Clarita Valley International | 97.01 | 95.92 |
| 543 | Da Vinci Charter Academy | 97.0 | 95.9 |
| 544 | Gonzales High School | 96.97 | 91.85 |
| 544 | Hawthorne Math and Science Academy | 96.97 | 96.97 |
| 544 | Sanhedrin High School | 96.97 | 87.34 |
| 544 | Temescal Canyon High School | 96.97 | 85.58 |
| 544 | Templeton High School | 96.97 | 97.44 |
| 549 | Clovis North High School | 96.94 | 90.82 |
| 550 | Castro Valley High School | 96.92 | 97.05 |
| 551 | Central Union High School | 96.89 | 97.29 |
| 551 | John C. Kimball High School | 96.89 | 90.82 |
| 553 | Erma Duncan Polytechnical High School | 96.88 | 86.82 |
| 554 | Las Lomas High School | 96.87 | 99.01 |
| 555 | El Segundo High School | 96.86 | 100.0 |
| 555 | Malibu High School | 96.86 | 91.55 |
| 557 | Marshall Fundamental | 96.85 | 77.16 |
| 558 | San Clemente High School | 96.84 | 96.2 |
| 559 | Adolfo Camarillo High School | 96.77 | 85.95 |
| 559 | Rancho Dominguez Preparatory | 96.77 | 88.53 |
| 559 | Santa Rosa High School | 96.77 | 83.57 |
| … | |||
| 1754 | R. Rex Parris High School | 22.62 | 80.58 |
| 1755 | Maine Prairie High School (Continuation) | 22.45 | 85.85 |
| 1756 | New Horizon High School | 22.22 | 67.88 |
| 1757 | Apollo High School | 21.18 | 84.07 |
| 1758 | Berkeley Technology Academy | 20.45 | 85.86 |
| 1759 | Alessandro | 20.0 | 86.63 |
| 1759 | Blue Ridge | 20.0 | 76.72 |
| 1759 | Gateway High School (Continuation) | 20.0 | 87.26 |
| 1759 | Indian Hills Continuation High School | 20.0 | 89.19 |
| 1763 | Riley/New Dawn | 19.35 | 81.86 |
| 1764 | Bill M. Manes High School | 16.67 | 85.37 |
| 1764 | Burbank USD Community Day | 16.67 | 93.87 |
| 1764 | Dan Jacobs | 16.67 | 57.14 |
| 1764 | H. Glenn Richardson | 16.67 | 80.61 |
| 1768 | Banning Independent Study | 16.28 | 67.88 |
| 1769 | River Bend | 14.29 | 91.44 |
| 1770 | Gould Educational Center | 14.1 | 50.45 |
| 1771 | Clovis Community Day Secondary | 12.5 | 90.82 |
| 1771 | Mountain View High School | 12.5 | 93.42 |
| 1773 | Laurel Tree Charter | 10.0 | 91.12 |
| 1774 | Home & Hosp/Transition Support | 7.69 | 81.86 |
| 1775 | Riverside County Special Education | 7.04 | 44.47 |
| 1776 | East Hills Academy | 6.25 | 82.0 |
| 1777 | Central Juvenile Hall | 4.88 | 69.06 |
| 1778 | Berenece Carlson Home Hospital | 4.76 | 88.53 |
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