Mt. Lukens Continuation ranked 2,202nd in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 36 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 |
| … | |||
| 2177 | San Joaquin County Office of Education | San Joaquin County Office of Education | 40.9 |
| 2177 | Kings County Office of Education | Kings County Office of Education | 40.9 |
| 2179 | Riverside County Office of Education | Riverside County Office of Education | 40.3 |
| 2180 | Marin County Office of Education | Marin County Office of Education | 40 |
| 2180 | Butte County Office of Education | Butte County Office of Education | 40 |
| 2180 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 40 |
| 2180 | Santa Barbara County Office of Education | Santa Barbara County Office of Education | 40 |
| 2180 | Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools | Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools | 40 |
| 2180 | Yuba County Office of Education | Yuba County Office of Education | 40 |
| 2180 | Upper Lake Unified School District | Upper Lake Unified | 40 |
| 2187 | Madera Unified School District | Madera Unified | 39.8 |
| 2188 | Stanislaus County Office of Education | Stanislaus County Office of Education | 39.7 |
| 2189 | Konocti Unified School District | Konocti Unified | 39.6 |
| 2190 | Oceanside Unified School District | Oceanside Unified | 39.4 |
| 2191 | Riverside County Office of Education | Riverside County Office of Education | 39 |
| 2192 | Vista Unified School District | Vista Unified | 38.9 |
| 2192 | San Diego County Office of Education | San Diego County Office of Education | 38.9 |
| 2194 | Pasadena Unified School District | Pasadena Unified | 38.7 |
| 2195 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 38.5 |
| 2195 | Riverside Unified School District | Riverside Unified | 38.5 |
| 2195 | Amador County Office of Education | Amador County Office of Education | 38.5 |
| 2198 | Sacramento County Office of Education | Sacramento County Office of Education | 38.1 |
| 2199 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 38 |
| 2200 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 37.5 |
| 2201 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 36.8 |
| 2202 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 36.4 |
| 2202 | Galt Joint Union High School | Galt Joint Union High | 36.4 |
| 2204 | Stanislaus County Office of Education | Stanislaus County Office of Education | 36.1 |
| 2205 | Meridian Elementary School District | Meridian Elementary | 35.7 |
| 2206 | Sonoma County Office of Education | Sonoma County Office of Education | 35.5 |
| 2206 | Tulare County Office of Education | Tulare County Office of Education | 35.5 |
| 2208 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 35.3 |
| 2208 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 35.3 |
| 2210 | San Bernardino County Office of Education | San Bernardino County Office of Education | 35.2 |
| 2211 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 35.1 |
| 2212 | Mono County Office of Education | Mono County Office of Education | 35 |
| 2213 | Washington Unified School District | Washington Unified | 34.5 |
| 2214 | Washington Unified School District | Washington Unified | 34.3 |
| 2215 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 34 |
| 2216 | Santa Barbara Unified School District | Santa Barbara Unified | 33.9 |
| 2217 | Sweetwater Union High School | Sweetwater Union High | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Riverdale Joint Unified School District | Riverdale Joint Unified | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Mariposa County Office of Education | Mariposa County Office of Education | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Orange County Department of Education | Orange County Department of Education | 33.3 |
| 2217 | El Monte Union High School | El Monte Union High | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Del Norte County Office of Education | Del Norte County Office of Education | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Plumas County Office of Education | Plumas County Office of Education | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District | Newman-Crows Landing Unified | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Cloverdale Unified School District | Cloverdale Unified | 33.3 |
| 2217 | San Mateo County Office of Education | San Mateo County Office of Education | 33.3 |
| 2217 | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 33.3 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
