SLO Reporter

Independence High School had a higher graduation rate than East Side Union High District's overall graduation rate at 87.9 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

In comparison, East Side Union High District had a graduation rate of 84.1 percent for the 2017-2018 school year. 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.

Rank	School	School Graduation Rate	District Graduation Rate
1	Abraham Lincoln Alternative	100.0	91.67
1	Academy of the Redwoods	100.0	91.32
1	Acalanes Center for Independent Study	100.0	99.01
1	ACCESS County Community	100.0	99.52
1	Adelante High School	100.0	95.97
1	Adelante High School	100.0	98.8
1	Aggeler Community Day	100.0	88.53
1	Alameda Science and Technology Institute	100.0	90.11
1	Alps View High School (Continuation)	100.0	97.53
1	Antelope Valley Learning Academy	100.0	100.0
1	Arbuckle Alternative High School (Continuation)	100.0	91.89
1	Arena High School (Continuation)	100.0	100.0
1	Aurora High School (Continuation)	100.0	97.98
1	Avalon High School	100.0	88.53
1	Baker High School	100.0	100.0
1	Bell Senior High School	100.0	88.53
1	Benjamin Franklin Senior High School	100.0	88.53
1	Briones (Alternative)	100.0	97.12
1	Buena Vista High School	100.0	94.44
1	Burroughs High School	100.0	93.87
1	Butte Valley High School	100.0	100.0
1	Butte View High School	100.0	99.48
1	Cal Burke High School	100.0	88.53
1	Calaveras River Academy	100.0	100.0
1	Calico Continuation High School	100.0	100.0
…
1141	Sonoma Valley High School	88.59	90.23
1142	Kern Valley High School	88.57	90.47
1143	Gladstone High School	88.52	87.74
1144	Lodi High School	88.5	82.09
1144	Oceanside High School	88.5	84.49
1146	Somerset Continuation High School	88.49	93.49
1147	Rancho Alamitos High School	88.48	88.16
1147	Simi Valley High School	88.48	85.03
1149	Menlo-Atherton High School	88.47	88.51
1150	Escondido High School	88.41	86.92
1151	Reedley High School	88.4	79.77
1152	Royal High School	88.35	85.03
1153	Morse High School	88.33	81.86
1154	Natomas High School	88.32	90.56
1155	Schurr High School	88.31	79.91
1156	Alisal High School	88.3	83.29
1156	San Mateo High School	88.3	89.92
1158	Lindhurst High School	88.26	90.84
1159	Twentynine Palms High School	88.2	87.73
1160	Peter Johansen High School	88.19	88.87
1161	Anderson High School	88.1	92.02
1162	Roosevelt High School	88.07	86.82
1163	Antelope Valley High School	88.05	80.58
1164	Environmental Charter High School	88.03	88.03
1165	Mission Bay High School	88.02	81.86
1166	Independence High School	87.93	84.07
1166	Mariposa County High School	87.93	100.0
1168	Richmond High School	87.91	85.0
1169	Arcata High School	87.88	91.12
1170	Paradise Senior High School	87.8	81.3
1171	Coronado High School (Continuation)	87.78	90.77
1172	Apple Valley High School	87.77	86.62
1173	John H. Glenn High School	87.64	89.18
1174	Atwater High School	87.53	89.45
1174	Bear Creek High School	87.53	82.09
1176	Pinole Valley High School	87.5	85.0
1176	Portola Junior/Senior High School	87.5	86.13
1176	Refugio High School	87.5	89.69
1176	Summit Leadership Academy-High School Desert	87.5	93.11
1176	Washington High School	87.5	85.18
1181	John H. Francis Polytechnic	87.48	88.53
1181	Pacifica High School	87.48	85.95
1183	Ganesha High School	87.45	83.79
1183	Hueneme High School	87.45	85.95
1185	Orange Cove High School	87.41	79.77
1186	San Lorenzo High School	87.38	92.54
1187	Serrano High School	87.37	88.7
1188	Yolo High School	87.3	98.02
1189	Creekside High School	87.27	94.33
1190	Oakland International High School	87.21	85.06
1191	Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court	87.18	75.49
…
1754	R. Rex Parris High School	22.62	80.58
1755	Maine Prairie High School (Continuation)	22.45	85.85
1756	New Horizon High School	22.22	67.88
1757	Apollo High School	21.18	84.07
1758	Berkeley Technology Academy	20.45	85.86
1759	Alessandro	20.0	86.63
1759	Blue Ridge	20.0	76.72
1759	Gateway High School (Continuation)	20.0	87.26
1759	Indian Hills Continuation High School	20.0	89.19
1763	Riley/New Dawn	19.35	81.86
1764	Bill M. Manes High School	16.67	85.37
1764	Burbank USD Community Day	16.67	93.87
1764	Dan Jacobs	16.67	57.14
1764	H. Glenn Richardson	16.67	80.61
1768	Banning Independent Study	16.28	67.88
1769	River Bend	14.29	91.44
1770	Gould Educational Center	14.1	50.45
1771	Clovis Community Day Secondary	12.5	90.82
1771	Mountain View High School	12.5	93.42
1773	Laurel Tree Charter	10.0	91.12
1774	Home & Hosp/Transition Support	7.69	81.86
1775	Riverside County Special Education	7.04	44.47
1776	East Hills Academy	6.25	82.0
1777	Central Juvenile Hall	4.88	69.06
1778	Berenece Carlson Home Hospital	4.76	88.53