SLO Reporter

Paloma Creek 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.”

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
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1	Waterford Unified School District	Waterford Unified	100
1	Mariposa County Unified School District	Mariposa County Unified	100
1	Chawanakee Unified School District	Chawanakee Unified	100
1	Redlands Unified School District	Redlands Unified	100
1	Hacienda la Puente Unified School District	Hacienda la Puente Unified	100
1	Butte Valley Unified School District	Butte Valley Unified	100
1	Lemoore Union High School	Lemoore Union High	100
1	San Diego Unified School District	San Diego Unified	100
1	Inglewood Unified School District	Inglewood Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Clovis Unified School District	Clovis Unified	100
1	Visalia Unified School District	Visalia Unified	100
1	Shasta Union High School	Shasta Union High	100
1	Hilmar Unified School District	Hilmar Unified	100
1	Martinez Unified School District	Martinez Unified	100
1	River Delta Joint Unified School District	River Delta Joint Unified	100
1	William S. Hart Union High School	William S. Hart Union High	100
1	Arcadia Unified School District	Arcadia Unified	100
1	San Francisco County Office of Education	San Francisco County Office of Education	100
1	Merced County Office of Education	Merced County Office of Education	100
1	San Benito County Office of Education	San Benito County Office of Education	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	San Bernardino City Unified School District	San Bernardino City Unified	100
1	Snowline Joint Unified School District	Snowline Joint Unified	100
1	Alvord Unified School District	Alvord Unified	100
1	Atascadero Unified School District	Atascadero Unified	100
1	Evergreen Union	Evergreen Union	100
1	Silver Valley Unified School District	Silver Valley Unified	100
1	Ukiah Unified School District	Ukiah Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	100
1	Perris Union High School	Perris Union High	100
1	Tracy Joint Unified School District	Tracy Joint Unified	100
1	Hesperia Unified School District	Hesperia Unified	100
1	Napa County Office of Education	Napa County Office of Education	100
1	Silver Valley Unified School District	Silver Valley Unified	100
1	Julian Union Elementary School District	Julian Union Elementary	100
1	San Francisco Unified School District	San Francisco Unified	100
1	El Segundo Unified School District	El Segundo Unified	100
1	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	100
1	West Park Elementary School District	West Park Elementary	100
1	Ventura County Office of Education	Ventura County Office of Education	100
1	Butte County Office of Education	Butte County Office of Education	100
1	Oakland Unified School District	Oakland Unified	100
1	Mountain Empire Unified School District	Mountain Empire Unified	100
1	Torrance Unified School District	Torrance Unified	100
1	San Ramon Valley Unified School District	San Ramon Valley Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Sanger Unified School District	Sanger Unified	100
1	Summerville Union High School	Summerville Union High	100
1	Imperial Unified School District	Imperial 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