Redwood Empire News

Sunset High School's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 16.1% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 11.8%, according to the California Department of Education (CDE).

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
…
1505	Butte Valley High School	13	19
1505	Canyon Ridge High School	13	22.4
1505	Augustus F. Hawkins High A Critical Design and Gaming	13	22.9
1510	Pathways Charter	13.1	11.1
1511	Horizons School: Independent Study	13.2	31.3
1511	Ulysses S. Grant Senior High School	13.2	11.3
1511	Manual Arts Senior High School	13.2	19
1511	Central Coast High School	13.2	9.4
1511	Lee V. Pollard High School	13.2	16.2
1511	San Juan High School	13.2	11.5
1517	Community High School (Continuation)	13.3	0
1517	Elwood J. Keema High School	13.3	15.2
1517	Alternative Family Education	13.3	23.5
1517	Trinity High School	13.3	3.5
1517	South Lindhurst Continuation High School	13.3	19.3
1517	iLEAD Online	13.3	--
1523	Victory High School	13.4	10.2
1523	Plaza Robles Continuation High School	13.4	11.3
1523	Orange Grove High School	13.4	18.4
1526	Roselawn High School	13.5	11.3
1526	Paradise eLearning Academy	13.5	4.3
1526	Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	13.5	11.9
1529	Plumas Charter	13.6	21.7
1529	Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School	13.6	17.9
1529	Snowline Academy	13.6	22.2
1532	Sunset High School	13.7	11.8
1532	Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex	13.7	19.6
1534	Sierra Vista Charter High School	13.8	10.7
1534	Maidu Virtual Charter Academy	13.8	--
1536	Pioneer Continuation High School	13.9	18.4
1536	Ridgway High School (Continuation)	13.9	12.8
1538	Frontier High School (Continuation)	14	25
1538	Port of Los Angeles High School	14	0
1540	Lower Lake High School	14.1	13
1540	El Camino High School	14.1	2.7
1540	North Area Community	14.1	32.8
1543	J. E. Young Academic Center	14.2	26.2
1544	Colusa Alternative High School (Continuation)	14.3	15.4
1544	ABC Secondary School (Alternative)	14.3	12.9
1544	Richland Continuation High School	14.3	12.7
1544	Baker High School	14.3	--
1544	Warner Junior/Senior High School	14.3	7.7
1544	Napa Valley Independent Studies	14.3	21.1
1544	Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon	14.3	--
1544	Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara	14.3	--
1552	Rancho Vista High School	14.4	20.7
1552	West Adams Preparatory High School	14.4	16.9
1554	Bell Senior High School	14.5	15.2
1554	James Monroe High School	14.5	15.9
1554	Wheatland Union High School	14.5	3.5
1557	Latino College Preparatory Academy	14.6	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	--