Mission Viejo High School ranked 855th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 96 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 |
| … | |||
| 836 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.9 |
| 836 | Los Banos Unified School District | Los Banos Unified | 95.9 |
| 836 | East Side Union High School | East Side Union High | 95.9 |
| 836 | Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento City Unified | 95.9 |
| 836 | Bonita Unified School District | Bonita Unified | 95.9 |
| 836 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 95.9 |
| 846 | Covina-Valley Unified School District | Covina-Valley Unified | 95.8 |
| 846 | Clovis Unified School District | Clovis Unified | 95.8 |
| 846 | Upland Unified School District | Upland Unified | 95.8 |
| 846 | Kern High School | Kern High | 95.8 |
| 846 | Pasadena Unified School District | Pasadena Unified | 95.8 |
| 846 | Fremont Unified School District | Fremont Unified | 95.8 |
| 846 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.8 |
| 846 | Lennox | Lennox | 95.8 |
| 846 | Rowland Unified School District | Rowland Unified | 95.8 |
| 855 | Visalia Unified School District | Visalia Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Torrance Unified School District | Torrance Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Claremont Unified School District | Claremont Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Garden Grove Unified School District | Garden Grove Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Southern Kern Unified School District | Southern Kern Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Novato Unified School District | Novato Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Duarte Unified School District | Duarte Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Saddleback Valley Unified School District | Saddleback Valley Unified | 95.7 |
| 855 | Pasadena Unified School District | Pasadena Unified | 95.7 |
| 867 | Cabrillo Unified School District | Cabrillo Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | Fresno Unified School District | Fresno Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | ABC Unified School District | ABC Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | West Contra Costa Unified School District | West Contra Costa Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | Wheatland Union High School | Wheatland Union High | 95.6 |
| 867 | Ramona City Unified School District | Ramona City Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | Hesperia Unified School District | Hesperia Unified | 95.6 |
| 867 | Chaffey Joint Union High School | Chaffey Joint Union High | 95.6 |
| 867 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.6 |
| 877 | Bellflower Unified School District | Bellflower Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Davis Joint Unified School District | Davis Joint Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Muroc Joint Unified School District | Muroc Joint Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Folsom-Cordova Unified School District | Folsom-Cordova Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Saddleback Valley Unified School District | Saddleback Valley Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Windsor Unified School District | Windsor Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | El Monte Union High School | El Monte Union High | 95.5 |
| 877 | Desert Sands Unified School District | Desert Sands Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Mendocino Unified School District | Mendocino Unified | 95.5 |
| 877 | Lassen Union High School | Lassen Union High | 95.5 |
| 889 | Rocklin Unified School District | Rocklin Unified | 95.4 |
| 889 | San Diego Unified School District | San Diego Unified | 95.4 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
