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 | |
| … | ||||
| 1336 | North Star Independent Study | 9.1 | 15.8 | |
| 1336 | MARC High School | 9.1 | -- | |
| 1336 | Armijo High School | 9.1 | 10 | |
| 1336 | Hamilton High School | 9.1 | 0 | |
| 1336 | East Valley Senior High School | 9.1 | 16 | |
| 1336 | Keith McCarthy Academy | 9.1 | 12.3 | |
| 1336 | Dunlap Leadership Academy | 9.1 | 13 | |
| 1336 | Laurel Tree Charter | 9.1 | -- | |
| 1344 | Del Valle Continuation High School | 9.2 | 21.9 | |
| 1344 | Le Grand High School | 9.2 | 7.1 | |
| 1344 | Calvine High School | 9.2 | 4.3 | |
| 1344 | Paloma Creek High School | 9.2 | 8.2 | |
| 1344 | Liberty High School (Continuation) | 9.2 | 17.6 | |
| 1344 | Jesse M. Bethel High School | 9.2 | 8.2 | |
| 1344 | City Arts and Tech High School | 9.2 | 1.5 | |
| 1344 | Gold Rush Charter | 9.2 | 5.3 | |
| 1344 | Oakland Charter High School | 9.2 | 10.7 | |
| 1353 | Avalon K-12 | 9.3 | 9.8 | |
| 1353 | Elizabeth Learning Center | 9.3 | 8.8 | |
| 1353 | Visions In Education | 9.3 | 14.2 | |
| 1353 | New West Charter | 9.3 | 0 | |
| 1353 | Inspire Charter School - Kern | 9.3 | 15.6 | |
| 1358 | Briones (Alternative) | 9.4 | 13 | |
| 1358 | Vista High (Alternative) | 9.4 | 12.3 | |
| 1358 | El Sereno Alternative Education | 9.4 | 9.1 | |
| 1358 | Yerba Buena High School | 9.4 | 12.8 | |
| 1358 | Julian Charter | 9.4 | 8.6 | |
| 1358 | TEACH Tech Charter High School | 9.4 | 7.5 | |
| 1364 | Redwood Continuation High School | 9.5 | 15.1 | |
| 1364 | El Capitan High School | 9.5 | 7.4 | |
| 1364 | Happy Camp High School | 9.5 | 28.6 | |
| 1364 | Lindsay Community Day | 9.5 | 0 | |
| 1364 | Ralph J. Bunche High School | 9.5 | 11.5 | |
| 1364 | Pacific Coast Academy | 9.5 | -- | |
| 1370 | Berkeley High School | 9.6 | 9 | |
| 1370 | Oakland Unity High School | 9.6 | 11.7 | |
| 1370 | Grossmont Secondary School | 9.6 | 4 | |
| 1373 | Oakland High School | 9.7 | 11.6 | |
| 1373 | Buena Vista High School (Continuation) | 9.7 | 18.8 | |
| 1373 | Century High School | 9.7 | 12 | |
| 1373 | El Monte High School | 9.7 | 4.5 | |
| 1373 | Mount Miguel High School | 9.7 | 9.4 | |
| 1373 | Twain High School | 9.7 | 12.8 | |
| 1373 | Galileo High School | 9.7 | 5.1 | |
| 1380 | South Fork Junior - Senior High School | 9.8 | 0 | |
| 1380 | March Mountain High School | 9.8 | 15.2 | |
| 1380 | Calla High School | 9.8 | 5.2 | |
| 1380 | Liberty High School | 9.8 | 1.1 | |
| 1380 | Whitmore Charter High School | 9.8 | 0 | |
| 1380 | Lemoore Middle College High School | 9.8 | 1.9 | |
| 1380 | East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High No. 2 | 9.8 | 18.7 | |
| … | ||||
| 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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