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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| 2004 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 58.6 |
| 2006 | Moreno Valley Unified School District | Moreno Valley Unified | 58.5 |
| 2007 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 58.2 |
| 2008 | Bear Valley Unified School District | Bear Valley Unified | 58.1 |
| 2008 | Hemet Unified School District | Hemet Unified | 58.1 |
| 2010 | Pomona Unified School District | Pomona Unified | 58 |
| 2011 | Apple Valley Unified School District | Apple Valley Unified | 57.9 |
| 2012 | Yuba City Unified School District | Yuba City Unified | 57.6 |
| 2012 | Alameda Unified School District | Alameda Unified | 57.6 |
| 2012 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 57.6 |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 57.5 |
| 2015 | Twin Rivers Unified School District | Twin Rivers Unified | 57.5 |
| 2017 | Santa Clara Unified School District | Santa Clara Unified | 57.3 |
| 2018 | San Diego County Office of Education | San Diego County Office of Education | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Napa Valley Unified School District | Napa Valley Unified | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Anderson Valley Unified School District | Anderson Valley Unified | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Riverside County Office of Education | Riverside County Office of Education | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Sacramento County Office of Education | Sacramento County Office of Education | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Sonoma County Office of Education | Sonoma County Office of Education | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Lakeside Union Elementary School District | Lakeside Union Elementary | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Yosemite Unified School District | Yosemite Unified | 57.1 |
| 2018 | Humboldt County Office of Education | Humboldt County Office of Education | 57.1 |
| 2027 | Fontana Unified School District | Fontana Unified | 56.8 |
| 2028 | Ojai Unified School District | Ojai Unified | 56.5 |
| 2029 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 56.4 |
| 2029 | Coachella Valley Unified School District | Coachella Valley Unified | 56.4 |
| 2031 | Lodi Unified School District | Lodi Unified | 56.3 |
| 2031 | Hemet Unified School District | Hemet Unified | 56.3 |
| 2033 | Covina-Valley Unified School District | Covina-Valley Unified | 56.1 |
| 2033 | Maricopa Unified School District | Maricopa Unified | 56.1 |
| 2035 | Taft Union High School | Taft Union High | 56 |
| 2036 | Centinela Valley Union High School | Centinela Valley Union High | 55.9 |
| 2036 | San Marcos Unified School District | San Marcos Unified | 55.9 |
| 2036 | Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District | Kings Canyon Joint Unified | 55.9 |
| 2039 | Mountain Empire Unified School District | Mountain Empire Unified | 55.6 |
| 2039 | New Haven Unified School District | New Haven Unified | 55.6 |
| 2039 | Redlands Unified School District | Redlands Unified | 55.6 |
| 2039 | Poway Unified School District | Poway Unified | 55.6 |
| 2043 | Palm Springs Unified School District | Palm Springs Unified | 55.5 |
| 2044 | Ventura Unified School District | Ventura Unified | 55.3 |
| 2045 | Colton Joint Unified School District | Colton Joint Unified | 55.2 |
| 2046 | Fullerton Joint Union High School | Fullerton Joint Union High | 55.1 |
| 2046 | ABC Unified School District | ABC Unified | 55.1 |
| 2048 | Roseville Joint Union High School | Roseville Joint Union High | 55 |
| 2049 | Fremont Unified School District | Fremont Unified | 54.6 |
| 2049 | Feather Falls Union Elementary School District | Feather Falls Union Elementary | 54.6 |
| 2051 | Glendale Unified School District | Glendale Unified | 54.4 |
| 2051 | Vista Unified School District | Vista Unified | 54.4 |
| 2053 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 54.2 |
| 2053 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 54.2 |
| 2055 | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | 54.1 |
| … | |||
| 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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