San Diego City Wire

Garfield High School had a lower graduation rate than California's statewide graduation rate at 71.8 percent, in comparison to California’s graduation rate of 88.7 percent for the 2017-2018 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

According to CDE data, graduation rates continue to indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between White, Black, Latino, and English learner students.

According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in the 2017-2018 school year, of the 50 states where data was collected, students with disabilities were at the bottom of 4-year high school graduation rates by student group.

Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says “taken together, prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current ELs and non-ELs and that these inequities explain achievement gaps in middle and early high school” in The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance.

Rank	School	School Graduation Rate	State Graduation Rate
1	Abraham Lincoln Alternative	100.0	88.72
1	Academy of the Redwoods	100.0	88.72
1	Acalanes Center for Independent Study	100.0	88.72
1	ACCESS County Community	100.0	88.72
1	Adelante High School	100.0	88.72
1	Aggeler Community Day	100.0	88.72
1	Alameda Science and Technology Institute	100.0	88.72
1	Alps View High School (Continuation)	100.0	88.72
1	Antelope Valley Learning Academy	100.0	88.72
1	Arbuckle Alternative High School (Continuation)	100.0	88.72
1	Arena High School (Continuation)	100.0	88.72
1	Aurora High School (Continuation)	100.0	88.72
1	Avalon High School	100.0	88.72
1	Baker High School	100.0	88.72
1	Bell Senior High School	100.0	88.72
1	Benjamin Franklin Senior High School	100.0	88.72
1	Briones (Alternative)	100.0	88.72
1	Buena Vista High School	100.0	88.72
1	Burroughs High School	100.0	88.72
1	Butte Valley High School	100.0	88.72
1	Butte View High School	100.0	88.72
1	Cal Burke High School	100.0	88.72
1	Calaveras River Academy	100.0	88.72
1	Calico Continuation High School	100.0	88.72
1	California Academy of Mathematics and Science	100.0	88.72
…
1440	Animo College Preparatory Academy	73.5	88.72
1441	San Andreas Continuation High School	73.49	88.72
1442	Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School	73.41	88.72
1443	McClymonds High School	73.33	88.72
1443	Placer County Community Schools	73.33	88.72
1445	Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity	73.21	88.72
1445	Dewey Academy	73.21	88.72
1447	Elsie Allen High School	73.13	88.72
1448	Mount Miguel High School	72.99	88.72
1449	Del Valle Continuation High School	72.84	88.72
1450	Charter Community School Home Study Academy	72.82	88.72
1451	Jack London Continuation	72.73	88.72
1451	Palisades High School (Continuation)	72.73	88.72
1451	Ron Hockwalt Academies (Continuation)	72.73	88.72
1454	Marshall (Thurgood) High School	72.65	88.72
1455	Castle Rock	72.64	88.72
1456	San Luis High School (Continuation)	72.55	88.72
1457	Carlsbad Village Academy	72.34	88.72
1458	Kingsburg Independent Study High School	72.22	88.72
1459	Liberty High School	72.16	88.72
1460	Argus High School (Continuation)	72.04	88.72
1461	Hanford Night (Continuation)	72.0	88.72
1462	Lincoln High School	71.92	88.72
1463	Central High School	71.9	88.72
1464	Pioneer Technical Center	71.83	88.72
1465	Garfield High School	71.78	88.72
1466	Pacific View Charter	71.53	88.72
1467	Arrow High School (Continuation)	71.43	88.72
1467	Big Pine High School	71.43	88.72
1467	High Schoolland Park Continuation	71.43	88.72
1467	San Juan Choices Charter	71.43	88.72
1467	Thurgood Marshall	71.43	88.72
1472	Amistad High School (Continuation)	71.33	88.72
1473	Monte Vista High School	71.06	88.72
1474	View Park Continuation	70.97	88.72
1475	Jordan (June) School for Equity	70.91	88.72
1476	Learning for Life Charter	70.73	88.72
1477	Richland Continuation High School	70.7	88.72
1478	Carlsbad Seaside Academy	70.59	88.72
1479	Baden High School (Continuation)	70.49	88.72
1480	Audeo Charter	70.45	88.72
1481	Jane Frederick High School	70.31	88.72
1482	Central Valley High School (Continuation)	70.21	88.72
1483	Canyon Ridge High School	70.0	88.72
1484	John Muir Charter	69.89	88.72
1485	David Starr Jordan Senior High School	69.83	88.72
1486	Kaweah High School	69.57	88.72
1487	Desert Valley High School (Continuation)	69.39	88.72
1488	North State Independence High School	68.75	88.72
1488	Selma Independent	68.75	88.72
1490	Sunset High School (Continuation)	68.66	88.72
…
1754	R. Rex Parris High School	22.62	88.72
1755	Maine Prairie High School (Continuation)	22.45	88.72
1756	New Horizon High School	22.22	88.72
1757	Apollo High School	21.18	88.72
1758	Berkeley Technology Academy	20.45	88.72
1759	Alessandro	20.0	88.72
1759	Blue Ridge	20.0	88.72
1759	Gateway High School (Continuation)	20.0	88.72
1759	Indian Hills Continuation High School	20.0	88.72
1763	Riley/New Dawn	19.35	88.72
1764	Bill M. Manes High School	16.67	88.72
1764	Burbank USD Community Day	16.67	88.72
1764	Dan Jacobs	16.67	88.72
1764	H. Glenn Richardson	16.67	88.72
1768	Banning Independent Study	16.28	88.72
1769	River Bend	14.29	88.72
1770	Gould Educational Center	14.1	88.72
1771	Clovis Community Day Secondary	12.5	88.72
1771	Mountain View High School	12.5	88.72
1773	Laurel Tree Charter	10.0	88.72
1774	Home & Hosp/Transition Support	7.69	88.72
1775	Riverside County Special Education	7.04	88.72
1776	East Hills Academy	6.25	88.72
1777	Central Juvenile Hall	4.88	88.72
1778	Berenece Carlson Home Hospital	4.76	88.72