Kern County Times

Vista West Continuation High School had a lower graduation rate than California's statewide graduation rate at 65.8 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
…
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
1491	Central High School (Continuation)	68.49	88.72
1492	Montecito High School (Continuation)	68.42	88.72
1493	Zupanic High School	67.5	88.72
1494	Rio Cazadero High School (Continuation)	67.42	88.72
1495	Renaissance High School	67.11	88.72
1496	Summit View Independent Study	66.89	88.72
1497	Centennial Continuation High School	66.67	88.72
1497	Chaparral High School	66.67	88.72
1497	Colony Basic Skills Alternative High School	66.67	88.72
1497	Deep Creek Academy	66.67	88.72
1497	Eagle Summit Community Day	66.67	88.72
1497	Hume Lake Charter	66.67	88.72
1497	La Vida Charter	66.67	88.72
1497	Options Secondary	66.67	88.72
1497	San Joaquin High School (Continuation)	66.67	88.72
1497	South Coast Continuation	66.67	88.72
1507	Alameda County Community	66.17	88.72
1508	Buena Vista Continuation High School	66.14	88.72
1509	Vista West Continuation High School	65.79	88.72
1510	Village High School	65.63	88.72
1511	Glen View High School	65.38	88.72
1512	Kern County Community	65.23	88.72
1513	Heartland High School (Continuation)	65.0	88.72
1513	Hillcrest at Youth Services Center	65.0	88.72
1513	Ramona Opportunity High School	65.0	88.72
1516	North Monterey County Center for Independent Study	64.89	88.72
1517	Lorin Griset Academy	64.71	88.72
1517	Sierra Vista High School (Continuation)	64.71	88.72
1517	Whitney Young Continuation	64.71	88.72
1520	Lovell High School	64.58	88.72
1521	Bowman (Jereann) High School (Continuation)	64.54	88.72
1522	Opportunity Program	64.29	88.72
1523	Ridgway High School (Continuation)	64.25	88.72
1524	Cesar Chavez Continuation High School	64.15	88.72
1524	Johanna Boss High School	64.15	88.72
1526	North Area Community	63.93	88.72
1527	California Virtual Academy @ San Joaquin	63.64	88.72
1527	Chesnut High School (Continuation)	63.64	88.72
1527	Countryside Community Day	63.64	88.72
1527	Lee V. Pollard High School	63.64	88.72
1527	Mendota Continuation High School	63.64	88.72
1527	Rincon High School (Continuation)	63.64	88.72
1527	Robert H. Lewis Continuation	63.64	88.72
1534	Marie L. Hare High School	63.57	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