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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| 1984 | North Monterey County Unified School District | North Monterey County Unified | 60 |
| 1984 | San Diego County Office of Education | San Diego County Office of Education | 60 |
| 1984 | Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified School District | Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified | 60 |
| 1984 | Healdsburg Unified School District | Healdsburg Unified | 60 |
| 1984 | Central Unified School District | Central Unified | 60 |
| 1990 | Natomas Unified School District | Natomas Unified | 59.8 |
| 1990 | Elk Grove Unified School District | Elk Grove Unified | 59.8 |
| 1992 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 59.4 |
| 1993 | Liberty Elementary School District | Liberty Elementary | 59.3 |
| 1993 | Kern High School | Kern High | 59.3 |
| 1995 | Riverside County Office of Education | Riverside County Office of Education | 59.2 |
| 1996 | San Rafael City High School | San Rafael City High | 59.1 |
| 1997 | Mountain Empire Unified School District | Mountain Empire Unified | 59 |
| 1997 | Alhambra Unified School District | Alhambra Unified | 59 |
| 1997 | Moorpark Unified School District | Moorpark Unified | 59 |
| 2000 | Chaffey Joint Union High School | Chaffey Joint Union High | 58.9 |
| 2001 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 58.8 |
| 2001 | Santa Cruz City High School | Santa Cruz City High | 58.8 |
| 2003 | Hacienda la Puente Unified School District | Hacienda la Puente Unified | 58.7 |
| 2004 | Antioch Unified School District | Antioch Unified | 58.6 |
| 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 |
| … | |||
| 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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