Wine Country Times

Sonoma Valley Unified School District ranked 128th among California schools in the 2019-20 school year with a dropout rate of three percent, according to the California Department of Education.

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 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 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.”

Rank	District	Drop-Out rate
1	Amador County Office of Education	0
1	Buckeye Union Elementary	0
1	Calistoga Joint Unified	0
1	Durham Unified	0
1	El Segundo Unified	0
1	El Tejon Unified	0
1	Emery Unified	0
1	Ferndale Unified	0
1	Hawthorne	0
1	La Canada Unified	0
1	Laguna Beach Unified	0
1	Menifee Union Elementary	0
1	Mountain Valley Unified	0
1	Nuestro Elementary	0
1	Nuview Union	0
1	Oak Park Unified	0
1	Piedmont City Unified	0
1	Princeton Joint Unified	0
1	Redding Elementary	0
1	Scott Valley Unified	0
1	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified	0
1	Templeton Unified	0
1	Twin Hills Union Elementary	0
1	Williams Unified	0
25	Manhattan Beach Unified	0.2
…
107	Calaveras Unified	2.7
107	Chula Vista Elementary	2.7
107	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	2.7
107	Los Molinos Unified	2.7
112	Clovis Unified	2.8
112	Fillmore Unified	2.8
112	Ojai Unified	2.8
112	Orcutt Union Elementary	2.8
112	Sierra Unified	2.8
117	Bassett Unified	2.9
117	Dinuba Unified	2.9
117	Hilmar Unified	2.9
117	Santa Barbara Unified	2.9
121	Castro Valley Unified	3
121	Corona-Norco Unified	3
121	Culver City Unified	3
121	Parlier Unified	3
125	Corning Union High	3.1
125	Kerman Unified	3.1
125	South Bay Union Elementary	3.1
128	Carmel Unified	3.2
128	Claremont Unified	3.2
128	Dublin Unified	3.2
128	Lassen Union High	3.2
128	Northern Humboldt Union High	3.2
128	Sonoma Valley Unified	3.2
134	Burton Elementary	3.3
134	San Dieguito Union High	3.3
134	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified	3.3
137	Biggs Unified	3.4
137	Bret Harte Union High	3.4
137	Campbell Union High	3.4
137	Carlsbad Unified	3.4
137	Los Banos Unified	3.4
137	Redlands Unified	3.4
137	Saddleback Valley Unified	3.4
137	San Marcos Unified	3.4
137	Sonora Union High	3.4
146	Palm Springs Unified	3.5
146	Selma Unified	3.5
146	Shasta Union High	3.5
149	Atascadero Unified	3.6
149	Gonzales Unified	3.6
149	Petaluma Joint Union High	3.6
149	Red Bluff Joint Union High	3.6
149	San Lorenzo Valley Unified	3.6
149	Taft Union High	3.6
155	Chino Valley Unified	3.7
155	Imperial Unified	3.7
155	Tustin Unified	3.7
155	Val Verde Unified	3.7
…
503	Meridian Elementary	53.1
504	Mono County Office of Education	53.4
505	Solano County Office of Education	53.6
506	Yuba County Office of Education	53.8
507	Centinela Valley Union High	56.7
508	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	57.4
509	Mattole Unified	58.3
510	Inyo County Office of Education	58.6
511	Orange Center	60
512	Adelanto Elementary	61.5
513	Glenn County Office of Education	61.6
514	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	62.1
515	Vallecitos Elementary	64.3
516	San Francisco County Office of Education	65.2
517	Yolo County Office of Education	67.4
518	Imperial County Office of Education	67.7
519	Nevada County Office of Education	70.2
520	Oak Grove Union Elementary	72.2
521	Trona Joint Unified	79.7
522	Marin County Office of Education	83.6
523	Bradley Union Elementary	86.4
524	Guerneville Elementary	86.5
525	Cuyama Joint Unified	89.9
526	Laytonville Unified	93.8
526	Shasta County Office of Education	93.8