Walnutwood High School (Independent Study) ranked 1,417th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 89 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.”
Schools Ranked by Overall Graduation Rate (2017-2018)
| 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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| 1390 | San Gabriel Unified School District | San Gabriel Unified | 89.5 |
| 1390 | Moreno Valley Unified School District | Moreno Valley Unified | 89.5 |
| 1390 | Ramona City Unified School District | Ramona City Unified | 89.5 |
| 1390 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 89.5 |
| 1396 | Alvord Unified School District | Alvord Unified | 89.4 |
| 1396 | Jefferson Union High School | Jefferson Union High | 89.4 |
| 1396 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 89.4 |
| 1396 | Hemet Unified School District | Hemet Unified | 89.4 |
| 1400 | Oroville Union High School | Oroville Union High | 89.3 |
| 1400 | Gilroy Unified School District | Gilroy Unified | 89.3 |
| 1400 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 89.3 |
| 1400 | Ventura Unified School District | Ventura Unified | 89.3 |
| 1404 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 89.2 |
| 1404 | Corona-Norco Unified School District | Corona-Norco Unified | 89.2 |
| 1404 | San Jose Unified School District | San Jose Unified | 89.2 |
| 1407 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 89.1 |
| 1407 | Chaffey Joint Union High School | Chaffey Joint Union High | 89.1 |
| 1407 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 89.1 |
| 1407 | Bishop Unified School District | Bishop Unified | 89.1 |
| 1407 | Modoc Joint Unified School District | Modoc Joint Unified | 89.1 |
| 1412 | San Rafael City High School | San Rafael City High | 89 |
| 1412 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 89 |
| 1412 | Yuba City Unified School District | Yuba City Unified | 89 |
| 1412 | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | 89 |
| 1412 | Riverside Unified School District | Riverside Unified | 89 |
| 1417 | Folsom-Cordova Unified School District | Folsom-Cordova Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | San Juan Unified School District | San Juan Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Anderson Union High School | Anderson Union High | 88.9 |
| 1417 | San Rafael City High School | San Rafael City High | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Trona Joint Unified School District | Trona Joint Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Carpinteria Unified School District | Carpinteria Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Oxnard Union High School | Oxnard Union High | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Fremont Union High School | Fremont Union High | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Los Molinos Unified School District | Los Molinos Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Garden Grove Unified School District | Garden Grove Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Princeton Joint Unified School District | Princeton Joint Unified | 88.9 |
| 1417 | Madera Unified School District | Madera Unified | 88.9 |
| 1430 | Santa Maria Joint Union High School | Santa Maria Joint Union High | 88.8 |
| 1430 | Monterey Peninsula Unified School District | Monterey Peninsula Unified | 88.8 |
| 1430 | Hemet Unified School District | Hemet Unified | 88.8 |
| 1430 | Waterford Unified School District | Waterford Unified | 88.8 |
| 1430 | El Monte Union High School | El Monte Union High | 88.8 |
| 1435 | Santa Rosa High School | Santa Rosa High | 88.7 |
| 1435 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 88.7 |
| 1435 | Hacienda la Puente Unified School District | Hacienda la Puente Unified | 88.7 |
| 1435 | Roseville Joint Union High School | Roseville Joint Union High | 88.7 |
| 1435 | San Luis Coastal Unified School District | San Luis Coastal Unified | 88.7 |
| 1435 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 88.7 |
| 1435 | Tehachapi Unified School District | Tehachapi Unified | 88.7 |
| 1442 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 88.6 |
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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 |
