South Bay Leader

Hawthorne School District ranked first among California schools in the 2019-20 school year with a zero percent dropout rate, 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
26	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	0.5
26	Scotts Valley Unified	0.5
26	Sutter Union High	0.5
29	Arcadia Unified	0.6
29	Delhi Unified	0.6
29	Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified	0.6
29	San Ramon Valley Unified	0.6
33	Kingsburg Joint Union High	0.7
33	Lennox	0.7
33	Murrieta Valley Unified	0.7
33	Roseland	0.7
37	Glendora Unified	0.8
37	Lawndale Elementary	0.8
37	Temple City Unified	0.8
40	Los Alamitos Unified	0.9
40	Mammoth Unified	0.9
40	Santa Ynez Valley Union High	0.9
43	Lammersville Joint Unified	1
44	San Jacinto Unified	1.1
44	Walnut Valley Unified	1.1
46	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	1.2
47	Brawley Union High	1.3
47	East Nicolaus Joint Union High	1.3
47	Holtville Unified	1.3
47	Mariposa County Unified	1.3
51	Fowler Unified	1.4
51	Irvine Unified	1.4
51	Lincoln Unified	1.4
51	Yreka Union High	1.4
55	Bellflower Unified	1.5
55	Covina-Valley Unified	1.5
55	Davis Joint Unified	1.5
55	Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High	1.5
55	Natomas Unified	1.5
55	Needles Unified	1.5
55	Pleasanton Unified	1.5
62	El Dorado Union High	1.6
62	Linden Unified	1.6
62	Riverdale Joint Unified	1.6
62	Torrance Unified	1.6
66	ABC Unified	1.7
66	Albany City Unified	1.7
66	Hanford Joint Union High	1.7
66	Lindsay Unified	1.7
66	Sanger Unified	1.7
66	Santa Paula Unified	1.7
72	Tamalpais Union High	1.8
73	Poway Unified	1.9
74	Acalanes Union High	2
74	Benicia Unified	2
76	Beverly Hills Unified	2.1
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502	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	52.8
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