Los Angeles Unified
The White-Hispanic Graduation Gap Nearly Vanishes: Just 2.1 Points in 2025
In 2018, white students in California graduated at 87.7% and Hispanic students at 81.2%, a gap of 6.5 percentage points. By 2025, the gap had shrunk to 2.1 points: 89.0% for white students, 86.9% for ...
Oakland Unified's Graduation Rate Falls to 75.1%, Lowest Among California's Large Urban Districts
Oakland Unified's graduation rate fell 5.5 percentage points in a single year, from 80.6% in 2024 to 75.1% in 2025. No other large California district came close to that kind of decline. The next-larg...
Foster Youth Graduation Gap Is California's Widest at 19 Points
California tracks graduation rates for fifteen student subgroups. In 2025, one gap is wider than any other: students in foster care graduate at 68.5%, a full 19.3 percentage points below the state ave...
California's White-Black Graduation Gap Cut by More Than Half in Seven Years
In 2018, a Black student in California was 15.6 percentage points less likely to graduate than a white peer. By 2025, that gap had been cut to 6.4 points.