Phoenix Academy Residential Education Center ranked 2,280th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 18 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 | Templeton Unified School District | Templeton Unified | 100 |
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| 2251 | South Monterey County Joint Union High School | South Monterey County Joint Union High | 26.8 |
| 2251 | Trinity County Office of Education | Trinity County Office of Education | 26.8 |
| 2253 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 26.3 |
| 2254 | San Bernardino County Office of Education | San Bernardino County Office of Education | 26.2 |
| 2255 | Tehachapi Unified School District | Tehachapi Unified | 25.6 |
| 2256 | Kingsburg Joint Union High School | Kingsburg Joint Union High | 25 |
| 2256 | Porterville Unified School District | Porterville Unified | 25 |
| 2256 | Caruthers Unified School District | Caruthers Unified | 25 |
| 2259 | Twin Rivers Unified School District | Twin Rivers Unified | 24.3 |
| 2260 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 24.1 |
| 2260 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 24.1 |
| 2262 | Stanislaus County Office of Education | Stanislaus County Office of Education | 23.3 |
| 2263 | Plumas Unified School District | Plumas Unified | 23.1 |
| 2264 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 22.6 |
| 2265 | Dixon Unified School District | Dixon Unified | 22.5 |
| 2266 | Banning Unified School District | Banning Unified | 22.2 |
| 2267 | Orange Center | Orange Center | 21.4 |
| 2268 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 21.2 |
| 2269 | Berkeley Unified School District | Berkeley Unified | 20.5 |
| 2270 | Glenn County Office of Education | Glenn County Office of Education | 20.3 |
| 2271 | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 20.2 |
| 2272 | Moreno Valley Unified School District | Moreno Valley Unified | 20 |
| 2272 | El Dorado County Office of Education | El Dorado County Office of Education | 20 |
| 2272 | Las Virgenes Unified School District | Las Virgenes Unified | 20 |
| 2272 | Chowchilla Union High School | Chowchilla Union High | 20 |
| 2276 | San Joaquin County Office of Education | San Joaquin County Office of Education | 19.6 |
| 2277 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 19.4 |
| 2278 | Tulare County Office of Education | Tulare County Office of Education | 19.2 |
| 2279 | Kelseyville Unified School District | Kelseyville Unified | 18.2 |
| 2280 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 17.7 |
| 2280 | Monterey County Office of Education | Monterey County Office of Education | 17.7 |
| 2282 | Yolo County Office of Education | Yolo County Office of Education | 16.7 |
| 2282 | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | Fairfield-Suisun Unified | 16.7 |
| 2282 | San Pasqual Valley Unified School District | San Pasqual Valley Unified | 16.7 |
| 2282 | Burbank Unified School District | Burbank Unified | 16.7 |
| 2282 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 16.7 |
| 2287 | Banning Unified School District | Banning Unified | 16.3 |
| 2288 | Fresno County Office of Education | Fresno County Office of Education | 16.1 |
| 2289 | Fresno County Office of Education | Fresno County Office of Education | 15.4 |
| 2289 | Bradley Union Elementary School District | Bradley Union Elementary | 15.4 |
| 2289 | Petaluma Joint Union High School | Petaluma Joint Union High | 15.4 |
| 2292 | Visalia Unified School District | Visalia Unified | 14.3 |
| 2293 | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | 14.1 |
| 2294 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 12.8 |
| 2295 | Clovis Unified School District | Clovis Unified | 12.5 |
| 2295 | Lucerne Valley Unified School District | Lucerne Valley Unified | 12.5 |
| 2297 | Vallejo City Unified School District | Vallejo City Unified | 10 |
| 2297 | Northern Humboldt Union High School | Northern Humboldt Union High | 10 |
| 2299 | Kings County Office of Education | Kings County Office of Education | 9.5 |
| 2300 | Stockton Unified School District | Stockton Unified | 9.1 |
| 2300 | Fowler Unified School District | Fowler Unified | 9.1 |
| 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 |
