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 | |
| … | ||||
| 1580 | Pinnacle Academy Charter - Independent Study | 15.3 | 24.2 | |
| 1582 | Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center | 15.4 | 0 | |
| 1582 | Portola-Butler Continuation High School | 15.4 | 65.6 | |
| 1584 | Independence Continuation | 15.5 | 19.4 | |
| 1584 | Independence High School | 15.5 | 19.1 | |
| 1586 | Robert H. Lewis Continuation | 15.6 | 37 | |
| 1586 | Silverado High School | 15.6 | 21.4 | |
| 1586 | Mt. Madonna High School | 15.6 | 13.4 | |
| 1586 | OCCS:CHEP/PCHS | 15.6 | 8.9 | |
| 1590 | Mission Continuation | 15.7 | 27.1 | |
| 1590 | Val Verde High School | 15.7 | 16.1 | |
| 1592 | Venice Senior High School | 15.8 | 13.8 | |
| 1592 | Washington High School | 15.8 | 1.7 | |
| 1592 | Academies of the Antelope Valley | 15.8 | 0 | |
| 1595 | Central Valley High School (Continuation) | 15.9 | 26.5 | |
| 1595 | Mt. San Jacinto High School | 15.9 | 21.2 | |
| 1595 | Perris Lake High School (Continuation) | 15.9 | 15 | |
| 1595 | Delta Keys Charter #2 | 15.9 | 8 | |
| 1599 | Vista Alternative | 16 | 13.3 | |
| 1600 | Culver Park High School | 16.1 | 20.8 | |
| 1600 | School for Entrepreneurship and Technology | 16.1 | 1.7 | |
| 1600 | PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS) | 16.1 | 5.8 | |
| 1603 | Ernest Kimme Charter Academy for Independent Learning | 16.2 | 23 | |
| 1604 | Yolo High School | 16.3 | 26.2 | |
| 1604 | Pivot Charter School - San Diego II | 16.3 | -- | |
| 1604 | Mirus Secondary School | 16.3 | 12 | |
| 1607 | Bonsall High School | 16.4 | 14.1 | |
| 1607 | College and Career Preparatory Academy | 16.4 | 34.5 | |
| 1609 | ICEF View Park Preparatory Charter High School | 16.5 | 11.5 | |
| 1609 | Moreno Valley Online Academy | 16.5 | 18.7 | |
| 1611 | Greenwood Academy | 16.6 | 28 | |
| 1612 | Berkeley Technology Academy | 16.7 | 43.2 | |
| 1612 | Pershing Continuation High School | 16.7 | 23.1 | |
| 1612 | Arrow High School (Continuation) | 16.7 | 14.9 | |
| 1612 | Cheviot Hills Continuation | 16.7 | 24.6 | |
| 1612 | San Juan Choices Charter | 16.7 | 18.8 | |
| 1612 | All Tribes Charter | 16.7 | 25 | |
| 1612 | Acalanes Center for Independent Study | 16.7 | 13.8 | |
| 1612 | Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy | 16.7 | 4.3 | |
| 1620 | Delta High School | 16.8 | 1.7 | |
| 1621 | Jane Frederick High School | 16.9 | 22.5 | |
| 1621 | IDEA Center | 16.9 | 3.8 | |
| 1621 | Peninsula High School (Continuation) | 16.9 | 21.6 | |
| 1624 | Frontier High School | 17.1 | 17.4 | |
| 1625 | Amistad High School (Continuation) | 17.2 | 25.6 | |
| 1625 | Summit High School (Continuation) | 17.2 | 20.2 | |
| 1625 | California Virtual Academy at Maricopa | 17.2 | -- | |
| 1628 | Mendota High School | 17.3 | 18.1 | |
| 1628 | East High School (Continuation) | 17.3 | 59.3 | |
| 1628 | Independence | 17.3 | 20.5 | |
| 1631 | Kings County Special Education | 17.4 | 0 | |
| … | ||||
| 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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