SLO Reporter

Independence 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	San Gabriel Unified School District	San Gabriel Unified	100
1	Conejo Valley Unified School District	Conejo Valley Unified	100
1	Helendale Elementary School District	Helendale Elementary	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Southern Kern Unified School District	Southern Kern Unified	100
1	Needles Unified School District	Needles Unified	100
1	Ceres Unified School District	Ceres Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	San Lorenzo Unified School District	San Lorenzo Unified	100
1	Mountain Valley Unified School District	Mountain Valley Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Silver Valley Unified School District	Silver Valley Unified	100
1	San Francisco County Office of Education	San Francisco County Office of Education	100
1	Holtville Unified School District	Holtville Unified	100
1	Inglewood Unified School District	Inglewood Unified	100
1	Beverly Hills Unified School District	Beverly Hills Unified	100
1	Twin Rivers Unified School District	Twin Rivers Unified	100
1	Hamilton Unified School District	Hamilton Unified	100
1	California Education Authority (CEA) Headquarters	California Education Authority (CEA) Headquarters	100
1	Solano County Office of Education	Solano County Office of Education	100
1	Gustine Unified School District	Gustine Unified	100
1	Tamalpais Union High School	Tamalpais Union High	100
1	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	100
1	Travis Unified School District	Travis Unified	100
1	Paso Robles Joint Unified School District	Paso Robles Joint Unified	100
1	Downey Unified School District	Downey Unified	100
1	Winters Joint Unified School District	Winters Joint Unified	100
1	Northern Humboldt Union High School	Northern Humboldt Union High	100
1	Vacaville Unified School District	Vacaville Unified	100
1	Pierce Joint Unified School District	Pierce Joint Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Petaluma Joint Union High School	Petaluma Joint Union High	100
1	Black Oak Mine Unified School District	Black Oak Mine Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	100
1	Irvine Unified School District	Irvine Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Linden Unified School District	Linden Unified	100
1	Scott Valley Unified School District	Scott Valley Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Fort Sage Unified School District	Fort Sage Unified	100
1	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	100
1	Redlands Unified School District	Redlands Unified	100
1	Caruthers Unified School District	Caruthers Unified	100
1	Big Sur Unified School District	Big Sur Unified	100
1	Turlock Unified School District	Turlock Unified	100
1	Oak Park Unified School District	Oak Park Unified	100
1	Elk Grove Unified School District	Elk Grove 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