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 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 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.”
Top 100 Schools Ranking Compared to California Drop-Out Rate
| Rank | School | District | Drop-Out rate | CA Drop-out rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerritos High | ABC Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Whitney (Gretchen) High | ABC Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Miramonte High | Acalanes Union High | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Alameda Community Learning Center | Alameda Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Alameda Science and Technology Institute | Alameda Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Amador County Special Education | Amador County Office of Education | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Oxford Academy | Anaheim Union High | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Academies of the Antelope Valley | Antelope Valley Union High | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) | Antelope Valley Union High | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Dozier-Libbey Medical High | Antioch Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Academy for Academic Excellence | Apple Valley Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Arcadia High | Arcadia Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Anzar High | Aromas - San Juan Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Tioga High | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Big Pine High | Big Pine Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Big Valley Jr. Sr. High | Big Valley Joint Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Biggs High | Biggs Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Bishop Union High | Bishop Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Trivium Charter | Blochman Union Elementary | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Clarksville Charter | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) | Burbank Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Calistoga Junior-Senior High | Calistoga Joint Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Whitmore Charter High | Ceres Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Charter Oak High | Charter Oak Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 1 | Oak Knoll Alternative | Charter Oak Unified | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| … | ||||
| 244 | Poway High | Poway Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Redondo Union High | Redondo Beach Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Trabuco Hills High | Saddleback Valley Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Health Sciences High | San Diego Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | La Jolla High | San Diego Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | San Diego SCPA | San Diego Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | San Luis Obispo High | San Luis Coastal Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Mills High | San Mateo Union High | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | High Tech High Chula Vista | SBC - High Tech High | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | University Preparatory | Victor Valley Union High | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Redwood High | Visalia Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Walnut High | Walnut Valley Unified | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 244 | Whittier High | Whittier Union High | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| 272 | San Gabriel High | Alhambra Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Bonita High | Bonita Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Clovis East High | Clovis Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Technology High | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Dublin High | Dublin Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Ponderosa High | El Dorado Union High | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Fort Bragg High | Fort Bragg Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Cupertino High | Fremont Union High | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Christopher High | Gilroy Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Helix High | Grossmont Union High | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | La Puente High | Hacienda la Puente Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Hilmar High | Hilmar Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy | Lennox | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Linden High | Linden Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Alliance Ouchi-O'Donovan 6-12 Complex | Los Angeles Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Granada Hills Charter High | Los Angeles Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Linda Esperanza Marquez High B LIBRA Academy | Los Angeles Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep | Natomas Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Estancia High | Newport-Mesa Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | La Mirada High | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Nuview Bridge Early College High | Nuview Union | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Orcutt Academy Charter | Orcutt Union Elementary | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | El Dorado High | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Del Oro High | Placer Union High | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Riverdale High | Riverdale Joint Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Sanger High | Sanger Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | Arnold O. Beckman High | Tustin Unified | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 272 | El Molino High | West Sonoma County Union High | 0.7 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Cypress High | Anaheim Union High | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Brawley Union High | Brawley Union High | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Half Moon Bay High | Cabrillo Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Aliso Niguel High | Capistrano Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Chino Hills High | Chino Valley Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Eleanor Roosevelt High | Corona-Norco Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Santiago High | Corona-Norco Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Downey High | Downey Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | American High | Fremont Unified | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| 300 | Fullerton Union High | Fullerton Joint Union High | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| … | ||||
| 2157 | Solano County Community | Solano County Office of Education | 76.5 | 9.6 |
| 2158 | MethodSchools | Dehesa Elementary | 77.8 | 9.6 |
| 2159 | Center for Alternative Learning | Chico Unified | 78.9 | 9.6 |
| 2160 | Gateway College and Career Academy | Riverside County Office of Education | 81.6 | 9.6 |
| 2161 | Clovis Community Day Secondary | Clovis Unified | 83.3 | 9.6 |
| 2162 | Sonoma County Court | Sonoma County Office of Education | 84.6 | 9.6 |
| 2163 | EPIC de Cesar Chavez | Nevada County Office of Education | 85.3 | 9.6 |
| 2164 | Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | 86.7 | 9.6 |
| 2164 | Dan Jacobs | Yolo County Office of Education | 86.7 | 9.6 |
| 2166 | SIATech Academy South | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 87.7 | 9.6 |
| 2167 | Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs | Sonoma County Office of Education | 88.9 | 9.6 |
| 2168 | Opportunity Youth Academy | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 89.1 | 9.6 |
| 2169 | Hart-Ransom Academic Charter | Hart-Ransom Union Elementary | 89.5 | 9.6 |
| 2170 | Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning | East Side Union High | 90.1 | 9.6 |
| 2170 | Santa Clara County Special Education | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 90.1 | 9.6 |
| 2172 | Oroville High Community Day | Oroville Union High | 90.9 | 9.6 |
| 2172 | Siskiyou County Special Education | Siskiyou County Office of Education | 90.9 | 9.6 |
| 2174 | Family First Charter | Centinela Valley Union High | 92.7 | 9.6 |
| 2175 | Civicorps Corpsmember Academy | Oakland Unified | 93.3 | 9.6 |
| 2176 | New Opportunities Charter | Centinela Valley Union High | 96.5 | 9.6 |
| 2177 | Imperial County Special Education | Imperial County Office of Education | 100.0 | 9.6 |
| 2177 | Clear Passage Educational Center | Long Beach Unified | 100.0 | 9.6 |
| 2177 | Merced County Special Education | Merced County Office of Education | 100.0 | 9.6 |
| 2177 | Lighthouse Community Charter High | Oakland Unified | 100.0 | 9.6 |
| 2177 | Special Education | Tulare County Office of Education | 100.0 | 9.6 |
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