CDE data of graduation and dropout rates confirms there is a growing 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 data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2018, of the 48 states where data was collected, Black males remain at the bottom of four-year high school graduation rates.
Closing the achievement gap earlier in the schooling process, such as during elementary school, can improve high school graduation rates and decrease dropout rates. Individually tailored student support is one way that is proposed to accomplish this.
In The Long-Term Impact of Systemic Student Support in Elementary School: Reducing High School Dropout, Terrence J. Lee-St. John, a Biostatistician at the Research Department of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, says, “Students often fail to complete high school for complex reasons that often manifest long before they reach high school. Individually tailored student support during elementary school can lead to lasting and meaningful effects.”
| Ranking | School | Drop-out rate | 2018-19 Drop-out rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millennium High Alternative | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Piedmont High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Emery Secondary School | 0 | 2.7 | |
| 1 | Amador County Special Education | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Durham High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Mid Valley High School (Continuation) | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Williams Junior/Senior High School | 0 | 3.4 | |
| 1 | Freedom High School | 0 | 1.4 | |
| 1 | Middle College High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 1 | Kingsburg High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Oasis Continuation High School | 0 | -- | |
| 1 | Princeton Junior-Senior High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Ferndale High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Desert Junior-Senior High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Frazier Mountain High School | 0 | 3.8 | |
| 1 | Earl F. Johnson High School (Continuation) | 0 | 1.7 | |
| 1 | Whitney (Gretchen) High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Mayfair High School | 0 | 1.2 | |
| 1 | South Hills High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Arena High School (Continuation) | 0 | 11.1 | |
| 1 | El Segundo High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | La Canada High School | 0 | 0.6 | |
| 1 | Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 | 0 | 0 | |
| … | ||||
| 1283 | Junipero Serra High School | 8.2 | 3.8 | |
| 1283 | Alvord Continuation High School | 8.2 | 11.3 | |
| 1283 | River Valley Charter | 8.2 | 5.3 | |
| 1283 | Ronald E. McNair High School | 8.2 | 11.1 | |
| 1283 | Ocean Grove Charter | 8.2 | 13 | |
| 1291 | Confluence Continuation High School | 8.3 | 31.4 | |
| 1291 | Chester Junior/Senior High School | 8.3 | 0 | |
| 1291 | Luther Burbank High School | 8.3 | 8.3 | |
| 1291 | Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana | 8.3 | 7.7 | |
| 1291 | Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande | 8.3 | -- | |
| 1291 | LPS Oakland R & D Campus | 8.3 | 3.1 | |
| 1291 | Pivot Charter School Riverside | 8.3 | -- | |
| 1298 | Calexico High School | 8.4 | 6.7 | |
| 1298 | San Fernando Senior High School | 8.4 | 6.5 | |
| 1298 | Merrill F. West High School | 8.4 | 9.1 | |
| 1301 | Mountain View High School | 8.5 | 1.8 | |
| 1301 | Renaissance High Continuation | 8.5 | 41.5 | |
| 1301 | Selma Independent | 8.5 | 15.5 | |
| 1304 | Circle of Independent Learning | 8.6 | 5.4 | |
| 1304 | Littlerock High School | 8.6 | 10.5 | |
| 1304 | Chowchilla Union High School | 8.6 | 9.1 | |
| 1304 | Greenfield High School | 8.6 | 10.1 | |
| 1304 | Yucca Valley High School | 8.6 | 4.3 | |
| 1304 | Franklin High School | 8.6 | 12.2 | |
| 1304 | Forest Charter | 8.6 | 10.3 | |
| 1311 | Fortuna Union High School | 8.7 | 12.9 | |
| 1311 | Sonia Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Academies | 8.7 | 11.1 | |
| 1313 | Vineyard Alternative | 8.8 | 11.3 | |
| 1313 | Upper Lake High School | 8.8 | 8.5 | |
| 1313 | Cabrillo High School | 8.8 | 14.6 | |
| 1313 | Nueva Vista Continuation High School | 8.8 | 6.5 | |
| 1313 | Orangewood High School (Continuation) | 8.8 | 29.1 | |
| 1313 | Garfield High School | 8.8 | 16.9 | |
| 1313 | Santa Maria High School | 8.8 | 6.8 | |
| 1313 | Horizon | 8.8 | 8.9 | |
| 1313 | New Designs Charter | 8.8 | 18.6 | |
| 1313 | Visalia Charter Independent Study | 8.8 | 9.4 | |
| 1313 | East Palo Alto Academy | 8.8 | 5.6 | |
| 1313 | Ukiah Independent Study Academy | 8.8 | 0 | |
| 1325 | Andrew P. Hill High School | 8.9 | 13 | |
| 1325 | San Diego Virtual | 8.9 | 16.3 | |
| 1327 | Herbert Hoover High School | 9 | 6.5 | |
| 1327 | Somerset Continuation High School | 9 | 9.9 | |
| 1327 | Abraham Lincoln Senior High School | 9 | 13.4 | |
| 1327 | Compton High School | 9 | 6.8 | |
| 1327 | Glen View High School | 9 | 13.4 | |
| 1327 | Granite Hills High School | 9 | 3.5 | |
| 1327 | Futures High School | 9 | 14.5 | |
| 1327 | Mojave River Academy - National Trails | 9 | -- | |
| 1327 | Credo High School | 9 | 7.1 | |
| 1336 | North Star Independent Study | 9.1 | 15.8 | |
| … | ||||
| 2167 | Oroville High Community Day | 81.8 | 90.9 | |
| 2169 | Gould Educational Center | 82.4 | 17.2 | |
| 2170 | Come Back Charter | 83.7 | -- | |
| 2171 | Gateway High School (Continuation) | 84.6 | 36.4 | |
| 2172 | Tulare County Court | 85.7 | 54.1 | |
| 2173 | Dan Jacobs | 88.9 | 86.7 | |
| 2174 | Matrix for Success Academy | 89.6 | -- | |
| 2175 | Violet Heintz Education Academy | 90 | 66.7 | |
| 2175 | EPIC de Cesar Chavez | 90 | 85.3 | |
| 2177 | Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning | 90.2 | 90.1 | |
| 2178 | Independence Charter Academy | 90.3 | 6.3 | |
| 2179 | Five Keys Adult School (SF Sheriff's) | 91.4 | 73.8 | |
| 2180 | Highlands Community Charter | 91.6 | 76.2 | |
| 2181 | S.F. County Special Education | 91.7 | 75 | |
| 2182 | SIATech Academy South | 92.1 | 87.7 | |
| 2183 | Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's) | 92.4 | 24.8 | |
| 2184 | Clear Passage Educational Center | 92.9 | -- | |
| 2185 | Boron Junior-Senior High School | 93.2 | 0 | |
| 2186 | Laytonville High School | 93.8 | 3.2 | |
| 2187 | Five Keys Charter (SF Sheriff's) | 95.5 | 63.3 | |
| 2188 | San Bernardino County Special Education | 96.1 | 47.4 | |
| 2189 | Shasta County Independent Study Charter | 97.3 | 44.3 | |
| 2190 | Family First Charter | 98 | 92.7 | |
| 2191 | New Opportunities Charter | 98.2 | 96.5 | |
| 2192 | Special Education | 98.6 | -- | |
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