Victor Valley Times

Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert ranked 1,624th among California schools in the 2018-19 school year with a drop-out rate of 18 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

CDE data shows that graduation and dropout rates continue to confirm that 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 Centre for Education Statistics in 2018, of the 48 states where data was collected, Black males remain at the bottom of 4 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 drop-out rates. Individually tailored student support is one way that has been 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.”

Rank	School	District	Drop-Out rate
1	Cerritos High	ABC Unified	0.0
1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	ABC Unified	0.0
1	Miramonte High	Acalanes Union High	0.0
1	Alameda Community Learning Center	Alameda Unified	0.0
1	Alameda Science and Technology Institute	Alameda Unified	0.0
1	Amador County Special Education	Amador County Office of Education	0.0
1	Oxford Academy	Anaheim Union High	0.0
1	Academies of the Antelope Valley	Antelope Valley Union High	0.0
1	SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)	Antelope Valley Union High	0.0
1	Dozier-Libbey Medical High	Antioch Unified	0.0
1	Academy for Academic Excellence	Apple Valley Unified	0.0
1	Arcadia High	Arcadia Unified	0.0
1	Anzar High	Aromas - San Juan Unified	0.0
1	Tioga High	Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified	0.0
1	Big Pine High	Big Pine Unified	0.0
1	Big Valley Jr. Sr. High	Big Valley Joint Unified	0.0
1	Biggs High	Biggs Unified	0.0
1	Bishop Union High	Bishop Unified	0.0
1	Trivium Charter	Blochman Union Elementary	0.0
1	Clarksville Charter	Buckeye Union Elementary	0.0
1	Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)	Burbank Unified	0.0
1	Calistoga Junior-Senior High	Calistoga Joint Unified	0.0
1	Whitmore Charter High	Ceres Unified	0.0
1	Charter Oak High	Charter Oak Unified	0.0
1	Oak Knoll Alternative	Charter Oak Unified	0.0
…
1600	West Adams Preparatory High	Los Angeles Unified	16.9
1600	Zupanic High	Rialto Unified	16.9
1600	Garfield High	San Diego Unified	16.9
1604	Decoto School for Independent Study	New Haven Unified	17.0
1604	Riverside County Education Academy	Riverside County Office of Education	17.0
1606	Bay Area Technology	Oakland Unified	17.1
1606	Desert Learning Academy	Palm Springs Unified	17.1
1606	Sierra Vista High (Alternative)	Whittier Union High	17.1
1609	Gould Educational Center	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	17.2
1609	North State Independence High	Shasta Union High	17.2
1609	California Virtual Academy @ San Diego	Spencer Valley Elementary	17.2
1612	Willits High	Willits Unified	17.3
1613	Frontier High	Oxnard Union High	17.4
1614	School for the Visual Arts and Humanities	Los Angeles Unified	17.5
1615	Liberty High (Continuation)	Paso Robles Joint Unified	17.6
1616	Shery (Kurt T.) High (Continuation)	Torrance Unified	17.7
1617	Valley Atwater Community	Merced County Office of Education	17.8
1617	Liberty High (Alternative)	San Jose Unified	17.8
1619	Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High	Hemet Unified	17.9
1619	W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter	Washington Unified	17.9
1621	Alvord Alternative Continuation High	Alvord Unified	18.0
1621	Jack London Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	18.0
1623	Mendota High	Mendota Unified	18.1
1624	Centennial Continuation High	Corning Union High	18.2
1624	William Finch	Glenn County Office of Education	18.2
1624	Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert	Hesperia Unified	18.2
1624	Independence Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	18.2
1624	Mountain Park	Monrovia Unified	18.2
1624	East Stanislaus High	Oakdale Joint Unified	18.2
1624	Antelope Valley Learning Academy	Palmdale Elementary	18.2
1624	San Joaquin Valley High	Parlier Unified	18.2
1624	Elsie Allen High	Santa Rosa High	18.2
1624	Westwood High	Westwood Unified	18.2
1634	Downtown High	San Francisco Unified	18.3
1635	Orange Grove High	Corona-Norco Unified	18.4
1635	Charter Community School Home Study Academy	El Dorado County Office of Education	18.4
1635	Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy	Oakland Unified	18.4
1635	Pioneer Continuation High	Shasta Union High	18.4
1639	iQ Academy California-Los Angeles	Rowland Unified	18.5
1640	Crossroads Charter	Armona Union Elementary	18.6
1640	Alessandro High	Hemet Unified	18.6
1640	New Designs Charter	Los Angeles Unified	18.6
1640	Thomas Jefferson Senior High	Los Angeles Unified	18.6
1640	Black Diamond High (Continuation)	Pittsburg Unified	18.6
1640	Oak View High School & Education Center	Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified	18.6
1646	East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High No. 2	Los Angeles Unified	18.7
1646	Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High	Los Angeles Unified	18.7
1646	Moreno Valley Online Academy	Moreno Valley Unified	18.7
1649	Slover Mountain High (Continuation)	Colton Joint Unified	18.8
1649	Las Flores High (Alternative)	Elk Grove Unified	18.8
1649	Soldier Mountain High (Continuation)	Fall River Joint Unified	18.8
…
2157	Solano County Community	Solano County Office of Education	76.5
2158	MethodSchools	Dehesa Elementary	77.8
2159	Center for Alternative Learning	Chico Unified	78.9
2160	Gateway College and Career Academy	Riverside County Office of Education	81.6
2161	Clovis Community Day Secondary	Clovis Unified	83.3
2162	Sonoma County Court	Sonoma County Office of Education	84.6
2163	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	Nevada County Office of Education	85.3
2164	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	86.7
2164	Dan Jacobs	Yolo County Office of Education	86.7
2166	SIATech Academy South	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	87.7
2167	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	Sonoma County Office of Education	88.9
2168	Opportunity Youth Academy	Santa Clara County Office of Education	89.1
2169	Hart-Ransom Academic Charter	Hart-Ransom Union Elementary	89.5
2170	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	East Side Union High	90.1
2170	Santa Clara County Special Education	Santa Clara County Office of Education	90.1
2172	Oroville High Community Day	Oroville Union High	90.9
2172	Siskiyou County Special Education	Siskiyou County Office of Education	90.9
2174	Family First Charter	Centinela Valley Union High	92.7
2175	Civicorps Corpsmember Academy	Oakland Unified	93.3
2176	New Opportunities Charter	Centinela Valley Union High	96.5
2177	Imperial County Special Education	Imperial County Office of Education	100.0
2177	Clear Passage Educational Center	Long Beach Unified	100.0
2177	Merced County Special Education	Merced County Office of Education	100.0
2177	Lighthouse Community Charter High	Oakland Unified	100.0
2177	Special Education	Tulare County Office of Education	100.0