2026 data report

4-year graduation rate (%) in California public schools

Statewide trends and county leaderboards for 4-year graduation rate (%), sourced directly from CDE SARC. Higher is better.

From CDE SARC, cycles 22-23, 23-24, 24-25. Last refreshed 2026-05-15.

Statewide trend

Median (plum line) and p25–p75 band (mist), all California public schools per cycle.

Best 25 counties — 4-year graduation rate (%)

  1. 1Mono100.0
  2. 2Merced95.4
  3. 3Placer94.4
  4. 4Orange94.0
  5. 5Santa Barbara93.3
  6. 6Humboldt92.7
  7. 7Napa92.6
  8. 8Santa Cruz92.5
  9. 9Yolo92.5
  10. 10Tulare92.5
  11. 11San Luis Obispo92.3
  12. 12Santa Clara92.2
  13. 13Riverside92.1
  14. 14Shasta91.9
  15. 15Marin91.2
  16. 16Los Angeles90.9
  17. 17Madera90.9
  18. 18Ventura90.9
  19. 19Stanislaus90.7
  20. 20San Mateo90.6
  21. 21Glenn89.6
  22. 22Monterey89.6
  23. 23Nevada89.5
  24. 24San Joaquin89.5
  25. 25Fresno89.2

Worst 25 counties — 4-year graduation rate (%)

  1. 1Inyo53.5
  2. 2Imperial70.5
  3. 3Lake77.3
  4. 4Trinity81.8
  5. 5Tuolumne82.3
  6. 6Siskiyou83.3
  7. 7Sutter83.5
  8. 8Tehama84.7
  9. 9San Francisco84.9
  10. 10Lassen85.7
  11. 11Kern86.2
  12. 12Yuba86.2
  13. 13Solano87.0
  14. 14Sacramento87.9
  15. 15Mendocino88.0
  16. 16Kings88.1
  17. 17San Bernardino88.6
  18. 18Sonoma88.8
  19. 19San Diego89.2
  20. 20Fresno89.2
  21. 21San Joaquin89.5
  22. 22Nevada89.5
  23. 23Glenn89.6
  24. 24Monterey89.6
  25. 25San Mateo90.6

How we score this

Every California public school's raw number is mapped to a 0–10 score using the absolute anchor table below — no peer-relative ranking.

4-year graduation rate (%)

Higher is better

Column: SGR_Y1

PercentileRaw valueScore
5th27.280
50th90.55
95th99.5110

Values between the 5th and 95th percentile are linearly interpolated. Outside that range, scores clamp at 0 or 10.

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