San Joaquin Times

Edward C. Merlo Institute of Environmental Studies ranked 1,525th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 87 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
…
1503	Antioch Unified School District	Antioch Unified	87.4
1503	San Lorenzo Unified School District	San Lorenzo Unified	87.4
1503	Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	87.4
1503	Snowline Joint Unified School District	Snowline Joint Unified	87.4
1507	Washington Unified School District	Washington Unified	87.3
1507	Tulare Joint Union High School	Tulare Joint Union High	87.3
1507	Irvine Unified School District	Irvine Unified	87.3
1510	Alameda County Office of Education	Alameda County Office of Education	87.2
1510	Oakland Unified School District	Oakland Unified	87.2
1512	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	87.1
1512	West Contra Costa Unified School District	West Contra Costa Unified	87.1
1512	San Leandro Unified School District	San Leandro Unified	87.1
1512	Martinez Unified School District	Martinez Unified	87.1
1512	Desert Sands Unified School District	Desert Sands Unified	87.1
1517	Harmony Union Elementary School District	Harmony Union Elementary	87
1517	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	87
1519	Stockton Unified School District	Stockton Unified	86.9
1519	Val Verde Unified School District	Val Verde Unified	86.9
1519	Glendale Unified School District	Glendale Unified	86.9
1519	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	86.9
1519	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	86.9
1519	Yosemite Unified School District	Yosemite Unified	86.9
1525	Hayward Unified School District	Hayward Unified	86.8
1525	Twin Rivers Unified School District	Twin Rivers Unified	86.8
1525	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	86.8
1525	Stockton Unified School District	Stockton Unified	86.8
1525	South San Francisco Unified School District	South San Francisco Unified	86.8
1530	Dunsmuir Joint Union High School	Dunsmuir Joint Union High	86.7
1530	Oroville Union High School	Oroville Union High	86.7
1530	Tulare County Office of Education	Tulare County Office of Education	86.7
1530	Plumas Unified School District	Plumas Unified	86.7
1530	Chino Valley Unified School District	Chino Valley Unified	86.7
1530	Delano Joint Union High School	Delano Joint Union High	86.7
1530	Mt. Diablo Unified School District	Mt. Diablo Unified	86.7
1530	East Nicolaus Joint Union High School	East Nicolaus Joint Union High	86.7
1538	Armona Union Elementary School District	Armona Union Elementary	86.6
1538	Sacramento City Unified School District	Sacramento City Unified	86.6
1538	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	86.6
1538	Kern High School	Kern High	86.6
1538	Elk Grove Unified School District	Elk Grove Unified	86.6
1543	Monterey Peninsula Unified School District	Monterey Peninsula Unified	86.5
1543	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	86.5
1543	Coachella Valley Unified School District	Coachella Valley Unified	86.5
1543	Placer Union High School	Placer Union High	86.5
1543	Santa Barbara Unified School District	Santa Barbara Unified	86.5
1548	San Diego Unified School District	San Diego Unified	86.4
1548	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	86.4
1548	Perris Union High School	Perris Union High	86.4
1548	Nevada County Office of Education	Nevada County Office of Education	86.4
1552	San Jacinto Unified School District	San Jacinto Unified	86.3
1552	Fort Bragg Unified School District	Fort Bragg Unified	86.3
…
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