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 | |
| … | ||||
| 1517 | Community High School (Continuation) | 13.3 | 0 | |
| 1517 | Elwood J. Keema High School | 13.3 | 15.2 | |
| 1517 | Alternative Family Education | 13.3 | 23.5 | |
| 1517 | Trinity High School | 13.3 | 3.5 | |
| 1517 | South Lindhurst Continuation High School | 13.3 | 19.3 | |
| 1517 | iLEAD Online | 13.3 | -- | |
| 1523 | Victory High School | 13.4 | 10.2 | |
| 1523 | Plaza Robles Continuation High School | 13.4 | 11.3 | |
| 1523 | Orange Grove High School | 13.4 | 18.4 | |
| 1526 | Roselawn High School | 13.5 | 11.3 | |
| 1526 | Paradise eLearning Academy | 13.5 | 4.3 | |
| 1526 | Performing Arts Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex | 13.5 | 11.9 | |
| 1529 | Plumas Charter | 13.6 | 21.7 | |
| 1529 | Helen Hunt Jackson College Prep High School | 13.6 | 17.9 | |
| 1529 | Snowline Academy | 13.6 | 22.2 | |
| 1532 | Sunset High School | 13.7 | 11.8 | |
| 1532 | Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex | 13.7 | 19.6 | |
| 1534 | Sierra Vista Charter High School | 13.8 | 10.7 | |
| 1534 | Maidu Virtual Charter Academy | 13.8 | -- | |
| 1536 | Pioneer Continuation High School | 13.9 | 18.4 | |
| 1536 | Ridgway High School (Continuation) | 13.9 | 12.8 | |
| 1538 | Frontier High School (Continuation) | 14 | 25 | |
| 1538 | Port of Los Angeles High School | 14 | 0 | |
| 1540 | Lower Lake High School | 14.1 | 13 | |
| 1540 | El Camino High School | 14.1 | 2.7 | |
| 1540 | North Area Community | 14.1 | 32.8 | |
| 1543 | J. E. Young Academic Center | 14.2 | 26.2 | |
| 1544 | Colusa Alternative High School (Continuation) | 14.3 | 15.4 | |
| 1544 | ABC Secondary School (Alternative) | 14.3 | 12.9 | |
| 1544 | Richland Continuation High School | 14.3 | 12.7 | |
| 1544 | Baker High School | 14.3 | -- | |
| 1544 | Warner Junior/Senior High School | 14.3 | 7.7 | |
| 1544 | Napa Valley Independent Studies | 14.3 | 21.1 | |
| 1544 | Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon | 14.3 | -- | |
| 1544 | Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara | 14.3 | -- | |
| 1552 | Rancho Vista High School | 14.4 | 20.7 | |
| 1552 | West Adams Preparatory High School | 14.4 | 16.9 | |
| 1554 | Bell Senior High School | 14.5 | 15.2 | |
| 1554 | James Monroe High School | 14.5 | 15.9 | |
| 1554 | Wheatland Union High School | 14.5 | 3.5 | |
| 1557 | Latino College Preparatory Academy | 14.6 | 8 | |
| 1557 | Gateway to College at Laney College | 14.6 | 40.5 | |
| 1559 | Pioneer High School (Continuation) | 14.7 | 6.5 | |
| 1559 | Summit View Independent Study | 14.7 | 23.2 | |
| 1559 | Slover Mountain High School (Continuation) | 14.7 | 18.8 | |
| 1559 | New Valley Continuation High School | 14.7 | 14.1 | |
| 1559 | Camino Nuevo Charter High School | 14.7 | 21.2 | |
| 1559 | Adelanto High School | 14.7 | 12.3 | |
| 1559 | Oakview High (Alternative) | 14.7 | 26.2 | |
| 1566 | Island High School (Continuation) | 14.8 | 14.8 | |
| 1566 | Captain John Continuation High School | 14.8 | 30 | |
| … | ||||
| 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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