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 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 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.”
| Ranking | District | Drop-out rate | 2016-17 Drop-out rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biggs Unified | 0 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Durham Unified | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1 | Maxwell Unified | 0 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Sierra Unified | 0 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Princeton Joint Unified | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Ferndale Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Big Pine Unified | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Muroc Joint Unified | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Big Valley Joint Unified | 0 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Hawthorne | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulelake Basin Joint Unified | 0 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Loomis Union Elementary | 0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Menifee Union Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Aromas - San Juan Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | La Honda-Pescadero Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Geyserville Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nuestro Elementary | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Mountain Valley Unified | 0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | SBE - New West Charter | 0 | 6.9 |
| 1 | SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise | 0 | 5.3 |
| 23 | Manhattan Beach Unified | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 24 | Arcadia Unified | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 24 | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| … | |||
| 412 | Fall River Joint Unified | 12.9 | 8.1 |
| 415 | Barstow Unified | 13 | 9 |
| 415 | Dixon Unified | 13 | 12.3 |
| 417 | San Rafael City High | 13.1 | 14.2 |
| 418 | South Monterey County Joint Union High | 13.4 | 10.7 |
| 419 | Calexico Unified | 13.5 | 4.6 |
| 420 | Oakland Unified | 13.9 | 13.5 |
| 421 | Fairfield-Suisun Unified | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| 422 | Coalinga-Huron Unified | 14.3 | 15.7 |
| 422 | Redding Elementary | 14.3 | 0 |
| 424 | Lone Pine Unified | 14.8 | 8.7 |
| 425 | Vallecitos Elementary | 15.2 | 36.5 |
| 426 | Potter Valley Community Unified | 15.4 | 12.5 |
| 426 | Petaluma City Elementary | 15.4 | -- |
| 428 | Siskiyou Union High | 15.6 | 6 |
| 429 | Duarte Unified | 16.1 | 17 |
| 430 | Ripon Unified | 16.2 | 11.7 |
| 431 | San Pasqual Valley Unified | 16.4 | 5.8 |
| 432 | Yreka Union High | 16.9 | 4.5 |
| 433 | Victor Valley Union High | 17.1 | 18.9 |
| 434 | East Side Union High | 17.8 | 20.5 |
| 435 | Placer County Office of Education | 17.9 | 24.5 |
| 436 | Oro Grande | 18.3 | 20.7 |
| 437 | Mendota Unified | 18.4 | 17.9 |
| 438 | Mattole Unified | 18.5 | 8.2 |
| 438 | Robla Elementary | 18.5 | 30.6 |
| 440 | Amador County Office of Education | 19 | 36.4 |
| 440 | West Park Elementary | 19 | 20.9 |
| 440 | Butte Valley Unified | 19 | 15.8 |
| 443 | Napa County Office of Education | 19.3 | 21.8 |
| 444 | Modoc Joint Unified | 19.4 | 19.7 |
| 444 | Bonsall Unified | 19.4 | 16.4 |
| 444 | Ravenswood City Elementary | 19.4 | 10.8 |
| 447 | Willits Unified | 19.5 | 16.9 |
| 448 | Lucerne Valley Unified | 19.7 | 10.6 |
| 449 | Penn Valley Union Elementary | 20 | 6.3 |
| 449 | Vista Unified | 20 | 14.6 |
| 451 | San Mateo County Office of Education | 20.8 | 23.6 |
| 452 | Butte County Office of Education | 20.9 | 23.1 |
| 452 | Vallejo City Unified | 20.9 | 20.7 |
| 454 | Spencer Valley Elementary | 21.1 | 21.9 |
| 455 | San Gabriel Unified | 21.3 | 17.8 |
| 456 | Tehama County Department of Education | 21.9 | 15 |
| 457 | New Jerusalem Elementary | 22 | 25.4 |
| 458 | El Dorado County Office of Education | 22.5 | 19.5 |
| 458 | Julian Union Elementary | 22.5 | 21.4 |
| 460 | Mountain Empire Unified | 22.7 | 21.7 |
| 461 | Del Norte County Office of Education | 22.8 | 37.3 |
| 462 | Fortuna Union High | 23.6 | 7.7 |
| 463 | Warner Unified | 23.8 | 24.3 |
| 464 | Kit Carson Union Elementary | 24.3 | 24.5 |
| … | |||
| 506 | Adelanto Elementary | 43.9 | 47.2 |
| 507 | Merced County Office of Education | 44.6 | 32.1 |
| 508 | Shasta County Office of Education | 45.1 | 43.8 |
| 509 | Riverside County Office of Education | 45.9 | 45.9 |
| 510 | Yuba County Office of Education | 47.2 | 31.9 |
| 511 | Meridian Elementary | 48.3 | 39.3 |
| 512 | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | 49.3 | 20.4 |
| 512 | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 49.3 | 27.1 |
| 514 | San Diego County Office of Education | 50.7 | 57.8 |
| 515 | Glenn County Office of Education | 52.1 | 56 |
| 516 | San Francisco County Office of Education | 52.6 | 39.4 |
| 517 | Imperial County Office of Education | 54.2 | 33 |
| 518 | Santa Barbara County Office of Education | 54.5 | 65.5 |
| 519 | Twin Hills Union Elementary | 55.2 | 2.7 |
| 520 | San Bernardino County Office of Education | 57.7 | 59.4 |
| 521 | Guerneville Elementary | 60.7 | -- |
| 522 | Nevada County Office of Education | 61.9 | 49.6 |
| 523 | Lake County Office of Education | 63.6 | -- |
| 524 | Yolo County Office of Education | 65.5 | 80.2 |
| 525 | Sonoma County Office of Education | 68.4 | 47 |
| 526 | Trona Joint Unified | 68.8 | 50 |
| 527 | Solano County Office of Education | 71 | 69 |
| 528 | Cuyama Joint Unified | 79 | 16.7 |
| 529 | Bradley Union Elementary | 82.1 | 37.5 |
| 530 | Hart-Ransom Union Elementary | 89.5 | 4.5 |
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