Laguna Hills High School ranked 991st in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 94 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 |
| … | |||
| 966 | Merced Union High School | Merced Union High | 94.7 |
| 966 | Denair Unified School District | Denair Unified | 94.7 |
| 966 | Kern High School | Kern High | 94.7 |
| 966 | Poway Unified School District | Poway Unified | 94.7 |
| 977 | Lake Elsinore Unified School District | Lake Elsinore Unified | 94.6 |
| 977 | Colusa Unified School District | Colusa Unified | 94.6 |
| 977 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 94.6 |
| 977 | Carlsbad Unified School District | Carlsbad Unified | 94.6 |
| 977 | Kern High School | Kern High | 94.6 |
| 982 | Rowland Unified School District | Rowland Unified | 94.5 |
| 982 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 94.5 |
| 982 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 94.5 |
| 982 | Jurupa Unified School District | Jurupa Unified | 94.5 |
| 982 | Orange Unified School District | Orange Unified | 94.5 |
| 982 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 94.5 |
| 982 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 94.5 |
| 982 | South Monterey County Joint Union High School | South Monterey County Joint Union High | 94.5 |
| 982 | Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach Unified | 94.5 |
| 991 | William S. Hart Union High School | William S. Hart Union High | 94.4 |
| 991 | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 94.4 |
| 991 | Campbell Union High School | Campbell Union High | 94.4 |
| 991 | Oakdale Joint Unified School District | Oakdale Joint Unified | 94.4 |
| 991 | Le Grand Union High School | Le Grand Union High | 94.4 |
| 991 | Modesto City High School | Modesto City High | 94.4 |
| 991 | Middletown Unified School District | Middletown Unified | 94.4 |
| 991 | Saddleback Valley Unified School District | Saddleback Valley Unified | 94.4 |
| 991 | San Diego County Office of Education | San Diego County Office of Education | 94.4 |
| 991 | Marin County Office of Education | Marin County Office of Education | 94.4 |
| 991 | Sutter Union High School | Sutter Union High | 94.4 |
| 991 | Coast Unified School District | Coast Unified | 94.4 |
| 1003 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Rocklin Unified School District | Rocklin Unified | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Antelope Valley Union High School | Antelope Valley Union High | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School District | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Calexico Unified School District | Calexico Unified | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Roseland | Roseland | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Kern High School | Kern High | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Jefferson Union High School | Jefferson Union High | 94.3 |
| 1003 | Washington Unified School District | Washington Unified | 94.3 |
| 1012 | Santa Clara Unified School District | Santa Clara Unified | 94.2 |
| 1012 | Bonita Unified School District | Bonita Unified | 94.2 |
| 1012 | Marysville Joint Unified School District | Marysville Joint Unified | 94.2 |
| 1012 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 94.2 |
| 1012 | Lincoln Unified School District | Lincoln Unified | 94.2 |
| 1012 | El Dorado Union High School | El Dorado Union High | 94.2 |
| 1012 | Yuba City Unified School District | Yuba City Unified | 94.2 |
| 1019 | Waterford Unified School District | Waterford Unified | 94.1 |
| 1019 | Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District | Tahoe-Truckee Unified | 94.1 |
| 1019 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 94.1 |
| 1019 | El Monte Union High School | El Monte Union High | 94.1 |
| 1019 | Black Oak Mine Unified School District | Black Oak Mine Unified | 94.1 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
