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 | |
| … | ||||
| 1869 | Alta Vista High School (Continuation) | 27 | 24.6 | |
| 1871 | Ridgeview High School (Continuation) | 27.1 | 27.5 | |
| 1871 | Wasco Independence High School | 27.1 | 10.1 | |
| 1871 | Augustus F. Hawkins High C Responsible Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship | 27.1 | 21.9 | |
| 1874 | Valley Alternative High School (Continuation) | 27.3 | 24.7 | |
| 1874 | Sugarloaf Mountain Juvenile Hall Program | 27.3 | -- | |
| 1874 | Mountain Park | 27.3 | 18.2 | |
| 1877 | Live Oak High School (Continuation) | 27.6 | 26.1 | |
| 1878 | Pacific View Charter 2.0 | 27.8 | 33.3 | |
| 1879 | Will Rogers Continuation | 28 | 20.2 | |
| 1880 | Aggeler Community Day | 28.2 | 25 | |
| 1881 | Evergreen Continuation | 28.3 | 35.6 | |
| 1881 | American Legion High School (Continuation) | 28.3 | 34.4 | |
| 1881 | Eric Birch High School (Continuation) | 28.3 | 28.9 | |
| 1881 | Alta Vista Innovation High School | 28.3 | 22.2 | |
| 1885 | Desert Sands Charter | 28.4 | 32.5 | |
| 1886 | Community Collaborative Charter | 28.5 | 36.4 | |
| 1887 | Central High School | 28.6 | 29.6 | |
| 1887 | Carmel Valley High School | 28.6 | 5.6 | |
| 1887 | La Entrada Continuation High School | 28.6 | 31.4 | |
| 1887 | Valley Atwater Community | 28.6 | 17.8 | |
| 1887 | ASA Charter | 28.6 | 25 | |
| 1887 | Gateway College and Career Academy | 28.6 | 81.6 | |
| 1887 | iLEAD Hybrid | 28.6 | 8.7 | |
| 1887 | Ahwahnee High School | 28.6 | -- | |
| 1887 | Potter Valley High School | 28.6 | 16.7 | |
| 1887 | Wellington M. Smith Jr. | 28.6 | 35.7 | |
| 1897 | Carter G. Woodson Public Charter | 28.7 | 11.1 | |
| 1898 | Independence High (Alternative) | 28.8 | 16.2 | |
| 1899 | Orange County Workforce Innovation High School | 28.9 | 24.5 | |
| 1900 | California Virtual Academy @ Los Angeles | 29.2 | 24 | |
| 1900 | Paseo Grande Charter | 29.2 | 25 | |
| 1902 | El Centro Jr./Sr. High School | 29.3 | 37.7 | |
| 1902 | APEX Academy | 29.3 | 14.1 | |
| 1904 | Cesar Chavez Continuation High School | 29.4 | 21.3 | |
| 1904 | Oakdale | 29.4 | 14 | |
| 1904 | Stockton High School | 29.4 | 16.1 | |
| 1904 | SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy - SCUSD | 29.4 | -- | |
| 1908 | Afflerbaugh-Paige Camp | 29.6 | 28.8 | |
| 1908 | Diego Valley East Public Charter | 29.6 | -- | |
| 1908 | North Bay Met Academy | 29.6 | -- | |
| 1911 | Olympic Continuation High School | 29.7 | 33.9 | |
| 1912 | Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez II Public Charter | 29.9 | 34.3 | |
| 1913 | Richard H. Lewis Alternative | 30 | 13.3 | |
| 1913 | Olympic High School (Continuation) | 30 | 22.9 | |
| 1913 | Merced County Juvenile Court | 30 | 38.8 | |
| 1913 | Exeter Independent Study (Alternative) | 30 | 32.4 | |
| 1913 | Scholar Plus Online Learning | 30 | 29.4 | |
| 1918 | Opportunity Academy | 30.1 | 31.9 | |
| 1919 | Summit High School (Continuation) | 30.2 | 20.2 | |
| 1919 | Eel River Community | 30.2 | 44.8 | |
| … | ||||
| 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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