South Bay Leader

Inglewood Unified School District ranked 374th among California schools in the 2019-20 school year with a dropout rate of 11 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
…
349	SBE - New West Charter	9.3
351	Pasadena Unified	9.4
351	San Leandro Unified	9.4
353	Contra Costa County Office of Education	9.6
353	Oceanside Unified	9.6
353	SBE - Grossmont Secondary	9.6
356	Farmersville Unified	9.7
356	Hayward Unified	9.7
358	Barstow Unified	9.8
358	Lynwood Unified	9.8
358	SBE - Sweetwater Secondary	9.8
358	Southern Humboldt Joint Unified	9.8
362	Fortuna Union High	9.9
362	Sequoia Union High	9.9
362	Western Placer Unified	9.9
365	Marysville Joint Unified	10
366	Gateway Unified	10.1
367	Antioch Unified	10.2
368	Fresno Unified	10.3
368	Julian Union High	10.3
368	San Bernardino City Unified	10.3
371	Fairfield-Suisun Unified	10.4
372	Tahoe-Truckee Unified	10.5
373	Rowland Unified	10.6
374	Berkeley Unified	10.7
374	Inglewood Unified	10.7
376	Golden Valley Unified	10.8
376	Mojave Unified	10.8
378	Los Angeles Unified	10.9
378	San Juan Unified	10.9
380	Antelope Valley Union High	11
380	El Monte Union High	11
380	Rim of the World Unified	11
383	Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified	11.1
383	Shandon Joint Unified	11.1
385	SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise	11.5
386	Salinas Union High	11.6
387	Banning Unified	11.7
388	West Covina Unified	11.9
389	Chowchilla Union High	12.2
389	Morgan Hill Unified	12.2
389	Santa Rosa High	12.2
392	Byron Union Elementary	12.4
392	Fall River Joint Unified	12.4
394	Aromas - San Juan Unified	12.5
394	Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified	12.5
394	SBE - Audeo Charter II	12.5
394	Tehama County Department of Education	12.5
394	Upper Lake Unified	12.5
399	Oakland Unified	12.6
400	Calaveras County Office of Education	12.7
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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