Chico Times

Butte County Special Education ranked 2,180th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 40 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
…
2153	Mountain Empire Unified School District	Mountain Empire Unified	44.4
2153	Modoc Joint Unified School District	Modoc Joint Unified	44.4
2158	Kings Canyon Joint Unified School District	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	44.3
2159	Pomona Unified School District	Pomona Unified	43.9
2160	Lake Elsinore Unified School District	Lake Elsinore Unified	43.6
2161	Stanislaus County Office of Education	Stanislaus County Office of Education	43.5
2161	Shasta County Office of Education	Shasta County Office of Education	43.5
2161	Victor Valley Union High School	Victor Valley Union High	43.5
2161	San Francisco Unified School District	San Francisco Unified	43.5
2165	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	43.2
2166	Burbank Unified School District	Burbank Unified	42.9
2166	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	42.9
2166	Petaluma City Elementary School District	Petaluma City Elementary	42.9
2166	Los Angeles County Office of Education	Los Angeles County Office of Education	42.9
2166	Yuba County Office of Education	Yuba County Office of Education	42.9
2171	San Juan Unified School District	San Juan Unified	42.1
2171	Antioch Unified School District	Antioch Unified	42.1
2173	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	41.3
2174	California School for the Deaf-Riverside (State Special Schl)	California School for the Deaf-Riverside (State Special Schl)	41.1
2174	Huntington Beach Union High School	Huntington Beach Union High	41.1
2174	Merced Union High School	Merced Union High	41.1
2177	San Joaquin County Office of Education	San Joaquin County Office of Education	40.9
2177	Kings County Office of Education	Kings County Office of Education	40.9
2179	Riverside County Office of Education	Riverside County Office of Education	40.3
2180	Marin County Office of Education	Marin County Office of Education	40
2180	Butte County Office of Education	Butte County Office of Education	40
2180	Grossmont Union High School	Grossmont Union High	40
2180	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	40
2180	Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools	Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools	40
2180	Yuba County Office of Education	Yuba County Office of Education	40
2180	Upper Lake Unified School District	Upper Lake Unified	40
2187	Madera Unified School District	Madera Unified	39.8
2188	Stanislaus County Office of Education	Stanislaus County Office of Education	39.7
2189	Konocti Unified School District	Konocti Unified	39.6
2190	Oceanside Unified School District	Oceanside Unified	39.4
2191	Riverside County Office of Education	Riverside County Office of Education	39
2192	Vista Unified School District	Vista Unified	38.9
2192	San Diego County Office of Education	San Diego County Office of Education	38.9
2194	Pasadena Unified School District	Pasadena Unified	38.7
2195	Los Angeles County Office of Education	Los Angeles County Office of Education	38.5
2195	Riverside Unified School District	Riverside Unified	38.5
2195	Amador County Office of Education	Amador County Office of Education	38.5
2198	Sacramento County Office of Education	Sacramento County Office of Education	38.1
2199	Long Beach Unified School District	Long Beach Unified	38
2200	Long Beach Unified School District	Long Beach Unified	37.5
2201	Los Angeles County Office of Education	Los Angeles County Office of Education	36.8
2202	Los Angeles Unified School District	Los Angeles Unified	36.4
2202	Galt Joint Union High School	Galt Joint Union High	36.4
2204	Stanislaus County Office of Education	Stanislaus County Office of Education	36.1
2205	Meridian Elementary School District	Meridian Elementary	35.7
2206	Sonoma County Office of Education	Sonoma County Office of Education	35.5
…
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