San Jose Standard

James Lick High School ranked 1,738th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 80 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
…
1716	Campbell Union High School	Campbell Union High	80.3
1716	Nevada Joint Union High School	Nevada Joint Union High	80.3
1716	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	80.3
1719	Jurupa Unified School District	Jurupa Unified	80.2
1719	Western Placer Unified School District	Western Placer Unified	80.2
1721	East Side Union High School	East Side Union High	80.1
1722	Summerville Union High School	Summerville Union High	80
1722	Marin County Office of Education	Marin County Office of Education	80
1722	Potter Valley Community Unified School District	Potter Valley Community Unified	80
1722	Bassett Unified School District	Bassett Unified	80
1722	Stanislaus County Office of Education	Stanislaus County Office of Education	80
1722	Benicia Unified School District	Benicia Unified	80
1722	Warner Unified School District	Warner Unified	80
1722	Gateway Unified School District	Gateway Unified	80
1722	Fort Bragg Unified School District	Fort Bragg Unified	80
1722	Compton Unified School District	Compton Unified	80
1732	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	79.8
1733	Colton Joint Unified School District	Colton Joint Unified	79.7
1733	Grossmont Union High School	Grossmont Union High	79.7
1733	Chico Unified School District	Chico Unified	79.7
1733	Twin Rivers Unified School District	Twin Rivers Unified	79.7
1733	Konocti Unified School District	Konocti Unified	79.7
1738	East Side Union High School	East Side Union High	79.6
1738	West Covina Unified School District	West Covina Unified	79.6
1738	Morgan Hill Unified School District	Morgan Hill Unified	79.6
1738	East Side Union High School	East Side Union High	79.6
1742	San Juan Unified School District	San Juan Unified	79.5
1743	Chaffey Joint Union High School	Chaffey Joint Union High	79.3
1743	Salinas Union High School	Salinas Union High	79.3
1743	Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District	Valley Center-Pauma Unified	79.3
1743	Napa County Office of Education	Napa County Office of Education	79.3
1747	San Juan Unified School District	San Juan Unified	79.2
1748	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	79.1
1748	Sweetwater Union High School	Sweetwater Union High	79.1
1750	Fillmore Unified School District	Fillmore Unified	79
1750	Oakland Unified School District	Oakland Unified	79
1752	Alvord Unified School District	Alvord Unified	78.8
1753	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	78.6
1753	Rialto Unified School District	Rialto Unified	78.6
1753	Colusa Unified School District	Colusa Unified	78.6
1756	Fresno Unified School District	Fresno Unified	78.5
1757	Upland Unified School District	Upland Unified	78.4
1757	Saddleback Valley Unified School District	Saddleback Valley Unified	78.4
1759	Riverside Unified School District	Riverside Unified	78.3
1759	Santa Maria Joint Union High School	Santa Maria Joint Union High	78.3
1761	San Diego Unified School District	San Diego Unified	78.2
1761	Turlock Unified School District	Turlock Unified	78.2
1763	Victor Valley Union High School	Victor Valley Union High	78
1764	Oro Grande	Oro Grande	77.9
1765	Azusa Unified School District	Azusa Unified	77.8
1765	Paradise Unified School District	Paradise Unified	77.8
…
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