According to CDE data, graduation rates continue to indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between White, Black, Latino, and English learner students.
According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in the 2017-2018 school year, of the 50 states where data was collected, students with disabilities were at the bottom of 4-year high school graduation rates by student group.
Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says “taken together, prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current ELs and non-ELs and that these inequities explain achievement gaps in middle and early high school” in The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance.
Top 100 Schools Ranked by Comparison to State Graduation Rate (2017-2018)
| Rank | School | School Graduation Rate | State Graduation Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham Lincoln Alternative | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Academy of the Redwoods | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Acalanes Center for Independent Study | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | ACCESS County Community | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Adelante High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Aggeler Community Day | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Alameda Science and Technology Institute | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Alps View High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Antelope Valley Learning Academy | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Arbuckle Alternative High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Arena High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Aurora High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Avalon High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Baker High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Bell Senior High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Benjamin Franklin Senior High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Briones (Alternative) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Buena Vista High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Burroughs High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Butte Valley High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Butte View High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Cal Burke High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Calaveras River Academy | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Calico Continuation High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | California Academy of Mathematics and Science | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| … | |||
| 1 | Evergreen Continuation | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Evergreen High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Exeter Independent Study (Alternative) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Fallbrook High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Family Partnership Home Study Charter | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Fowler High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Gardena Senior High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Gateway Center | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | George and Evelyn Stein Continuation | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | George S. Patton Continuation | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Glacier High School Charter | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Gold Rush Charter | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Gold Strike High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Golden Ridge | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Golden Valley Charter | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Gorman Learning Center | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Greater San Diego Academy | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Green Valley High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Grizzly ChalleNGe Charter | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Grossmont Middle College High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Grove | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Hamilton High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Harris Newmark Continuation | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Hart-Ransom Academic Charter | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Hayfork High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Health Sciences High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Henry David Thoreau Continuation | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Heritage Valley Independent Study | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Herlong High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | High School Tech High International | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | High School Tech LA | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Hillcrest High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Hilmar High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Holtville High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Horizon | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Huntington Park Senior High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | iHigh School Virtual Academy | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Imperial Ave. Holbrook High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Imperial County Juvenile Hall/Community | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Imperial High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Independence Continuation | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Independence Continuation High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Independence High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Inglewood High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Ivy High School (Continuation) | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | J. Everett Barr Court | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Jack London Community Day | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | Jan Work Community | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | John Adams Academy | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| 1 | John F. Kennedy High School | 100.0 | 88.72 |
| … | |||
| 1754 | R. Rex Parris High School | 22.62 | 88.72 |
| 1755 | Maine Prairie High School (Continuation) | 22.45 | 88.72 |
| 1756 | New Horizon High School | 22.22 | 88.72 |
| 1757 | Apollo High School | 21.18 | 88.72 |
| 1758 | Berkeley Technology Academy | 20.45 | 88.72 |
| 1759 | Alessandro | 20.0 | 88.72 |
| 1759 | Blue Ridge | 20.0 | 88.72 |
| 1759 | Gateway High School (Continuation) | 20.0 | 88.72 |
| 1759 | Indian Hills Continuation High School | 20.0 | 88.72 |
| 1763 | Riley/New Dawn | 19.35 | 88.72 |
| 1764 | Bill M. Manes High School | 16.67 | 88.72 |
| 1764 | Burbank USD Community Day | 16.67 | 88.72 |
| 1764 | Dan Jacobs | 16.67 | 88.72 |
| 1764 | H. Glenn Richardson | 16.67 | 88.72 |
| 1768 | Banning Independent Study | 16.28 | 88.72 |
| 1769 | River Bend | 14.29 | 88.72 |
| 1770 | Gould Educational Center | 14.1 | 88.72 |
| 1771 | Clovis Community Day Secondary | 12.5 | 88.72 |
| 1771 | Mountain View High School | 12.5 | 88.72 |
| 1773 | Laurel Tree Charter | 10.0 | 88.72 |
| 1774 | Home & Hosp/Transition Support | 7.69 | 88.72 |
| 1775 | Riverside County Special Education | 7.04 | 88.72 |
| 1776 | East Hills Academy | 6.25 | 88.72 |
| 1777 | Central Juvenile Hall | 4.88 | 88.72 |
| 1778 | Berenece Carlson Home Hospital | 4.76 | 88.72 |
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