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 | |
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1933 | College Bridge Academy | 30.9 | 33.1 | |
1936 | Open Valley Independent Study | 31 | 35.3 | |
1937 | Vallejo High School | 31.1 | 24.2 | |
1938 | Thomas Riley High School | 31.3 | 33.3 | |
1938 | Chaparral High School | 31.3 | 1.3 | |
1938 | San Luis Obispo County Juvenile Court | 31.3 | 9.5 | |
1941 | Santana High School (Continuation) | 31.5 | 33.7 | |
1942 | The Education Corps | 31.6 | 42 | |
1943 | Kern County Juvenile Court | 31.7 | 40.5 | |
1943 | William J. Johnston Community Day | 31.7 | 47.6 | |
1943 | Insight @ San Joaquin | 31.7 | 39 | |
1943 | Nidorf Barry J. | 31.7 | 60 | |
1947 | Pathway Independent Study | 31.9 | 31.5 | |
1948 | Jack London Continuation | 32.1 | 18 | |
1948 | Opportunities for Learning - Baldwin Park | 32.1 | 27.2 | |
1948 | Insight School of California | 32.1 | 37.2 | |
1948 | Sanhedrin Alternative | 32.1 | -- | |
1952 | Marshall (Thurgood) High School | 32.2 | 32.2 | |
1952 | Options for Youth-Acton | 32.2 | 32.7 | |
1954 | Liberty High (Alternative) | 32.3 | 17.8 | |
1954 | Fremont High School | 32.3 | 6.3 | |
1956 | Mission Academy | 32.4 | -- | |
1957 | Eureka Community | 32.5 | 31.6 | |
1958 | Belmont Senior High School | 32.8 | 27.8 | |
1958 | Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy | 32.8 | 27.6 | |
1960 | Adelante High School (Continuation) | 32.9 | 35.7 | |
1961 | Valley High School (Continuation) | 33.3 | 33.3 | |
1961 | Mt. Lukens Continuation | 33.3 | 30.4 | |
1961 | Boyle Heights Continuation | 33.3 | 34.7 | |
1961 | Yosemite Falls Education Center | 33.3 | 0 | |
1961 | Compass Charter Schools of San Diego | 33.3 | 50 | |
1966 | Options for Youth-Victorville Charter | 33.4 | 36.9 | |
1967 | Sem Yeto Continuation High School | 33.5 | 51.3 | |
1968 | Opportunity Youth Academy | 33.7 | 89.1 | |
1969 | Reid High School | 34 | 24.8 | |
1969 | Polaris High (Alternative) | 34 | 24.3 | |
1969 | Mt. McKinley | 34 | 35.4 | |
1972 | Alta Vista High School | 34.2 | 5.3 | |
1973 | Puente Hills High School | 34.5 | 40.4 | |
1973 | SVUSD Virtual Academy (Alternative) | 34.5 | 12.9 | |
1975 | Feather River Academy | 34.6 | 53.6 | |
1976 | Daily (Allan F.) High School (Continuation) | 34.7 | 8.5 | |
1976 | Central High School (Continuation) | 34.7 | 34.4 | |
1978 | Avalon High School | 34.9 | 30.6 | |
1979 | Sunrise High School (Continuation) | 35 | 38.1 | |
1979 | California Virtual Academy @ San Diego | 35 | 17.2 | |
1981 | California Connections Academy @ North Bay | 35.1 | 20.7 | |
1981 | Crescent View West Public Charter | 35.1 | 40.9 | |
1983 | Vista High School (Continuation) | 35.3 | 13.6 | |
1983 | J. C. Montgomery | 35.3 | 68.2 | |
1985 | Moneta Continuation | 35.5 | 47.1 | |
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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 | -- |