Milpitas High School ranked 648th in California in the 2017-2018 school year with a graduation rate at 98 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 |
| … | |||
| 624 | Placer Union High School | Placer Union High | 97.8 |
| 624 | Anderson Valley Unified School District | Anderson Valley Unified | 97.8 |
| 634 | Dixon Unified School District | Dixon Unified | 97.7 |
| 634 | Placer Union High School | Placer Union High | 97.7 |
| 634 | Tustin Unified School District | Tustin Unified | 97.7 |
| 634 | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | Fairfield-Suisun Unified | 97.7 |
| 634 | Fremont Unified School District | Fremont Unified | 97.7 |
| 634 | ABC Unified School District | ABC Unified | 97.7 |
| 634 | Fillmore Unified School District | Fillmore Unified | 97.7 |
| 641 | Dublin Unified School District | Dublin Unified | 97.6 |
| 641 | Culver City Unified School District | Culver City Unified | 97.6 |
| 641 | Irvine Unified School District | Irvine Unified | 97.6 |
| 641 | Mt. Diablo Unified School District | Mt. Diablo Unified | 97.6 |
| 641 | Kern High School | Kern High | 97.6 |
| 641 | Julian Union High School | Julian Union High | 97.6 |
| 641 | Pleasanton Unified School District | Pleasanton Unified | 97.6 |
| 648 | Turlock Unified School District | Turlock Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Laguna Beach Unified School District | Laguna Beach Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Corona-Norco Unified School District | Corona-Norco Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Temecula Valley Unified School District | Temecula Valley Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Capistrano Unified School District | Capistrano Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Durham Unified School District | Durham Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Shoreline Unified School District | Shoreline Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Santa Ana Unified School District | Santa Ana Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Milpitas Unified School District | Milpitas Unified | 97.5 |
| 648 | Glendale Unified School District | Glendale Unified | 97.5 |
| 659 | Carlsbad Unified School District | Carlsbad Unified | 97.4 |
| 659 | Fullerton Joint Union High School | Fullerton Joint Union High | 97.4 |
| 659 | Contra Costa County Office of Education | Contra Costa County Office of Education | 97.4 |
| 659 | Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified School District | Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified | 97.4 |
| 659 | Irvine Unified School District | Irvine Unified | 97.4 |
| 659 | Porterville Unified School District | Porterville Unified | 97.4 |
| 659 | Downey Unified School District | Downey Unified | 97.4 |
| 659 | Glendora Unified School District | Glendora Unified | 97.4 |
| 659 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 97.4 |
| 668 | Contra Costa County Office of Education | Contra Costa County Office of Education | 97.3 |
| 668 | Palmdale Elementary School District | Palmdale Elementary | 97.3 |
| 668 | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | 97.3 |
| 668 | Oxnard Union High School | Oxnard Union High | 97.3 |
| 668 | Poway Unified School District | Poway Unified | 97.3 |
| 668 | Perris Union High School | Perris Union High | 97.3 |
| 668 | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | 97.3 |
| 668 | Tamalpais Union High School | Tamalpais Union High | 97.3 |
| 668 | Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School | Mountain View-Los Altos Union High | 97.3 |
| 668 | Tamalpais Union High School | Tamalpais Union High | 97.3 |
| 668 | Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles Unified | 97.3 |
| 668 | Ferndale Unified School District | Ferndale Unified | 97.3 |
| 668 | Huntington Beach Union High School | Huntington Beach Union High | 97.3 |
| 668 | Madera Unified School District | Madera Unified | 97.3 |
| 668 | Santa Cruz City High School | Santa Cruz City High | 97.3 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
