Burbank Unified School District Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) among top schools in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate just shy of 100 percent, according to the California Department of Education.
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 |
| … | |||
| 1 | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Petaluma Joint Union High School | Petaluma Joint Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Mt. Diablo Unified School District | Mt. Diablo Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Lakeport Unified School District | Lakeport Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Palm Springs Unified School District | Palm Springs Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Pajaro Valley Unified School District | Pajaro Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Humboldt County Office of Education | Humboldt County Office of Education | 100 |
| 1 | Scott Valley Unified School District | Scott Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Vista Unified School District | Vista Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Escalon Unified School District | Escalon Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Exeter Unified School District | Exeter Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Saddleback Valley Unified School District | Saddleback Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Chawanakee Unified School District | Chawanakee Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Calaveras Unified School District | Calaveras Unified | 100 |
| 1 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Golden Valley Unified School District | Golden Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Sanger Unified School District | Sanger Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Sonoma Valley Unified School District | Sonoma Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | San Gabriel Unified School District | San Gabriel Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Novato Unified School District | Novato Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Rim of the World Unified School District | Rim of the World Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Lake County Office of Education | Lake County Office of Education | 100 |
| 1 | Live Oak Unified School District | Live Oak Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Burbank Unified School District | Burbank Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School | Mountain View-Los Altos Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Round Valley Unified School District | Round Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary School District | Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary | 100 |
| 1 | Los Banos Unified School District | Los Banos Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Mountain Empire Unified School District | Mountain Empire Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Contra Costa County Office of Education | Contra Costa County Office of Education | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Summerville Union High School | Summerville Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Oakland Unified School District | Oakland Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Mountain Empire Unified School District | Mountain Empire Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Stockton Unified School District | Stockton Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Castro Valley Unified School District | Castro Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Soledad Unified School District | Soledad Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Hamilton Unified School District | Hamilton Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Orange County Department of Education | Orange County Department of Education | 100 |
| 1 | Palmdale Elementary School District | Palmdale Elementary | 100 |
| 1 | Castro Valley Unified School District | Castro Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Fort Sage Unified School District | Fort Sage Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Plumas Unified School District | Plumas Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Hart-Ransom Union Elementary School District | Hart-Ransom Union Elementary | 100 |
| 1 | Holtville Unified School District | Holtville Unified | 100 |
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| 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 |
