PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High School 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 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Calistoga Joint Unified School District | Calistoga Joint Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Williams Unified School District | Williams Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Eastern Sierra Unified School District | Eastern Sierra Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Humboldt County Office of Education | Humboldt County Office of Education | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | 100 |
| 1 | SBE – Olive Grove Charter | SBE – Olive Grove Charter | 100 |
| 1 | Bishop Unified School District | Bishop Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Armona Union Elementary School District | Armona Union Elementary | 100 |
| 1 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Inglewood Unified School District | Inglewood Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Davis Joint Unified School District | Davis Joint Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Le Grand Union High School | Le Grand Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Central Unified School District | Central Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Siskiyou Union High School | Siskiyou Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Conejo Valley Unified School District | Conejo Valley Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Grossmont Union High School | Grossmont Union High | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District | Tahoe-Truckee Unified | 100 |
| 1 | New Jerusalem Elementary School District | New Jerusalem Elementary | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Oak Park Unified School District | Oak Park Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Redondo Beach Unified School District | Redondo Beach Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Piner-Olivet Union Elementary School District | Piner-Olivet Union Elementary | 100 |
| 1 | Corona-Norco Unified School District | Corona-Norco Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Lompoc Unified School District | Lompoc Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Shasta County Office of Education | Shasta County Office of Education | 100 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Southern Trinity Joint Unified School District | Southern Trinity Joint Unified | 100 |
| 1 | Fall River Joint Unified School District | Fall River Joint 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 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
