West Contra Costa News

Vista High School (Alternative) had a lower graduation rate than West Contra Costa Unified District's overall graduation rate at 80.7 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

In comparison, West Contra Costa Unified District had a graduation rate of 85 percent for the 2017-2018 school year. 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	District Graduation Rate
1	Abraham Lincoln Alternative	100.0	91.67
1	Academy of the Redwoods	100.0	91.32
1	Acalanes Center for Independent Study	100.0	99.01
1	ACCESS County Community	100.0	99.52
1	Adelante High School	100.0	95.97
1	Adelante High School	100.0	98.8
1	Aggeler Community Day	100.0	88.53
1	Alameda Science and Technology Institute	100.0	90.11
1	Alps View High School (Continuation)	100.0	97.53
1	Antelope Valley Learning Academy	100.0	100.0
1	Arbuckle Alternative High School (Continuation)	100.0	91.89
1	Arena High School (Continuation)	100.0	100.0
1	Aurora High School (Continuation)	100.0	97.98
1	Avalon High School	100.0	88.53
1	Baker High School	100.0	100.0
1	Bell Senior High School	100.0	88.53
1	Benjamin Franklin Senior High School	100.0	88.53
1	Briones (Alternative)	100.0	97.12
1	Buena Vista High School	100.0	94.44
1	Burroughs High School	100.0	93.87
1	Butte Valley High School	100.0	100.0
1	Butte View High School	100.0	99.48
1	Cal Burke High School	100.0	88.53
1	Calaveras River Academy	100.0	100.0
1	Calico Continuation High School	100.0	100.0
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1325	Shery (Kurt T.) High School (Continuation)	81.82	98.36
1325	Vista Alternative	81.82	91.04
1329	Hayward High School	81.79	84.7
1330	Hoover High School	81.63	81.86
1331	Mesa Verde High School	81.59	87.3
1332	Ronald E. McNair High School	81.57	82.09
1333	Granite Hills High School	81.52	77.64
1333	Willits High School	81.52	87.34
1335	Long Valley Charter	81.48	95.06
1336	Montebello High School	81.38	79.91
1337	Westwood High School	81.25	90.28
1338	Ruben Salazar Continuation	81.2	90.08
1339	Mission High School	81.09	83.67
1340	O'Connell (John) High School	81.08	83.67
1341	Capistrano Connections Academy	81.02	96.2
1342	Skyline High School	80.94	85.06
1343	Piner High School	80.9	83.57
1344	Fairfield High School	80.85	80.61
1344	Twin Palms Continuation	80.85	89.76
1346	Castlemont High School	80.83	85.06
1347	Angel's Gate (Continuation)	80.77	88.53
1348	Merrill F. West High School	80.73	90.82
1349	Lancaster High School	80.72	80.58
1350	Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School	80.66	88.53
1351	Stagg Senior High School	80.65	83.67
1351	Vista High School (Alternative)	80.65	85.0
1353	Brea Canyon High School (Continuation)	80.56	96.79
1354	Pegasus High School	80.43	84.07
1355	Silver Springs High School (Continuation)	80.33	87.0
1356	San Ysidro High School	80.32	82.0
1357	Boynton High School	80.31	92.6
1358	Horizon Charter	80.23	84.64
1359	Rubidoux High School	80.21	92.5
1360	William C. Overfelt High School	80.06	84.07
1361	All Tribes Charter	80.0	62.18
1361	Community Day	80.0	95.96
1361	Long Barn High School	80.0	100.0
1361	Mountain Lakes High School	80.0	87.32
1361	Nueva Vista Continuation High School	80.0	90.72
1361	Phoenix Academy	80.0	65.71
1361	Potter Valley High School	80.0	86.67
1361	Three Rivers Charter	80.0	89.26
1369	Dominguez High School	79.95	79.86
1370	Mar Vista Senior High School	79.78	82.0
1371	Lower Lake High School	79.7	70.87
1372	Fair View High School (Continuation)	79.69	92.46
1373	Santana High School	79.67	77.64
1374	Colton High School	79.65	85.18
1375	James Lick High School	79.62	84.07
1376	Andrew P. Hill High School	79.6	84.07
1377	Central High School (Continuation)	79.59	89.8
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1754	R. Rex Parris High School	22.62	80.58
1755	Maine Prairie High School (Continuation)	22.45	85.85
1756	New Horizon High School	22.22	67.88
1757	Apollo High School	21.18	84.07
1758	Berkeley Technology Academy	20.45	85.86
1759	Alessandro	20.0	86.63
1759	Blue Ridge	20.0	76.72
1759	Gateway High School (Continuation)	20.0	87.26
1759	Indian Hills Continuation High School	20.0	89.19
1763	Riley/New Dawn	19.35	81.86
1764	Bill M. Manes High School	16.67	85.37
1764	Burbank USD Community Day	16.67	93.87
1764	Dan Jacobs	16.67	57.14
1764	H. Glenn Richardson	16.67	80.61
1768	Banning Independent Study	16.28	67.88
1769	River Bend	14.29	91.44
1770	Gould Educational Center	14.1	50.45
1771	Clovis Community Day Secondary	12.5	90.82
1771	Mountain View High School	12.5	93.42
1773	Laurel Tree Charter	10.0	91.12
1774	Home & Hosp/Transition Support	7.69	81.86
1775	Riverside County Special Education	7.04	44.47
1776	East Hills Academy	6.25	82.0
1777	Central Juvenile Hall	4.88	69.06
1778	Berenece Carlson Home Hospital	4.76	88.53