San Jose Standard

Liberty High (Alternative)'s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 81.5% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 17.8%, 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
…
1925	Canyon Oaks High School	30.6	19.2
1930	Phoenix High School	30.8	22.5
1930	Alternatives in Action	30.8	22.9
1930	Beach High-Intensive Learning Program	30.8	28
1933	Corona-Norco Alternative	30.9	26.8
1933	Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center	30.9	40.7
1933	College Bridge Academy	30.9	33.1
1936	Open Valley Independent Study	31	35.3
1937	Vallejo High School	31.1	24.2
1938	Thomas Riley High School	31.3	33.3
1938	Chaparral High School	31.3	1.3
1938	San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court	31.3	9.5
1941	Santana High School (Continuation)	31.5	33.7
1942	The Education Corps	31.6	42
1943	Kern County Juvenile Court	31.7	40.5
1943	William J. Johnston Community Day	31.7	47.6
1943	Insight @ San Joaquin	31.7	39
1943	Nidorf Barry J.	31.7	60
1947	Pathway Independent Study	31.9	31.5
1948	Jack London Continuation	32.1	18
1948	Opportunities for Learning - Baldwin Park	32.1	27.2
1948	Insight School of California	32.1	37.2
1948	Sanhedrin Alternative	32.1	--
1952	Marshall (Thurgood) High School	32.2	32.2
1952	Options for Youth-Acton	32.2	32.7
1954	Liberty High (Alternative)	32.3	17.8
1954	Fremont High School	32.3	6.3
1956	Mission Academy	32.4	--
1957	Eureka Community	32.5	31.6
1958	Belmont Senior High School	32.8	27.8
1958	Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy	32.8	27.6
1960	Adelante High School (Continuation)	32.9	35.7
1961	Valley High School (Continuation)	33.3	33.3
1961	Mt. Lukens Continuation	33.3	30.4
1961	Boyle Heights Continuation	33.3	34.7
1961	Yosemite Falls Education Center	33.3	0
1961	Compass Charter Schools of San Diego	33.3	50
1966	Options for Youth-Victorville Charter	33.4	36.9
1967	Sem Yeto Continuation High School	33.5	51.3
1968	Opportunity Youth Academy	33.7	89.1
1969	Reid High School	34	24.8
1969	Polaris High (Alternative)	34	24.3
1969	Mt. McKinley	34	35.4
1972	Alta Vista High School	34.2	5.3
1973	Puente Hills High School	34.5	40.4
1973	SVUSD Virtual Academy (Alternative)	34.5	12.9
1975	Feather River Academy	34.6	53.6
1976	Daily (Allan F.) High School (Continuation)	34.7	8.5
1976	Central High School (Continuation)	34.7	34.4
1978	Avalon High School	34.9	30.6
1979	Sunrise High School (Continuation)	35	38.1
…
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	--