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 | |
| … | ||||
| 1116 | Kingsburg Independent Study High School | 6.1 | 5.9 | |
| 1116 | Ortega High School | 6.1 | 13.3 | |
| 1133 | Fresno High School | 6.2 | 7.1 | |
| 1133 | Reseda Charter High School | 6.2 | 3.3 | |
| 1133 | Magnolia High School | 6.2 | 6.8 | |
| 1133 | Ontario High School | 6.2 | 8.6 | |
| 1133 | Twin Oaks High School | 6.2 | 8.9 | |
| 1133 | Oak Grove High School | 6.2 | 12.3 | |
| 1133 | Apollo High School | 6.2 | 13.6 | |
| 1133 | Connecting Waters Charter | 6.2 | 3.5 | |
| 1141 | Chico High School | 6.3 | 2.9 | |
| 1141 | Lone Pine High School | 6.3 | 14.8 | |
| 1141 | Nueva Vista Continuation High School | 6.3 | 6.5 | |
| 1141 | Robert Fulton College Preparatory | 6.3 | 1.7 | |
| 1141 | Schurr High School | 6.3 | 5.3 | |
| 1141 | Point Arena High School | 6.3 | 6.5 | |
| 1141 | Portola Junior/Senior High School | 6.3 | 13.8 | |
| 1141 | Perris High School | 6.3 | 7.9 | |
| 1141 | Abraham Lincoln Continuation | 6.3 | 15.8 | |
| 1141 | Grove | 6.3 | 3.8 | |
| 1141 | Animo Inglewood Charter High School | 6.3 | 2.8 | |
| 1152 | Gridley High School | 6.4 | 3.3 | |
| 1152 | Rosemead High School | 6.4 | 3.9 | |
| 1152 | Phineas Banning Senior High School | 6.4 | 8.2 | |
| 1152 | Chatsworth Charter High School | 6.4 | 4.9 | |
| 1152 | WESM Health/Sports Medicine | 6.4 | 9.2 | |
| 1152 | Menlo-Atherton High School | 6.4 | 4.1 | |
| 1152 | Maria Carrillo High School | 6.4 | 4.5 | |
| 1152 | Academy of the Redwoods | 6.4 | 12 | |
| 1152 | Santa Clarita Valley International | 6.4 | 4.1 | |
| 1161 | Maxwell Sr High School | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 1161 | Carson Senior High School | 6.5 | 8.4 | |
| 1161 | John H. Francis Polytechnic | 6.5 | 6.8 | |
| 1161 | John Marshall Senior High School | 6.5 | 6.3 | |
| 1161 | Dominguez High School | 6.5 | 5.7 | |
| 1161 | Century High School | 6.5 | 12 | |
| 1161 | Montecito High School (Continuation) | 6.5 | 10 | |
| 1161 | Pacifica High School | 6.5 | 5.9 | |
| 1161 | Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy | 6.5 | 5.1 | |
| 1161 | Diego Rivera Learning Complex Green Design STEAM Academy | 6.5 | 15.5 | |
| 1161 | Sandy Bluffs Alternative Education Center | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 1172 | Grover Cleveland Charter High School | 6.6 | 11 | |
| 1172 | Saint Helena High School | 6.6 | 4 | |
| 1174 | Skyline High School | 6.7 | 8.2 | |
| 1174 | Madison Park Academy 6-12 | 6.7 | 4.3 | |
| 1174 | Antelope Valley High School | 6.7 | 8.3 | |
| 1174 | Marlton | 6.7 | 0 | |
| 1174 | Grossmont High School | 6.7 | 10.1 | |
| 1174 | Fremont High School | 6.7 | 6.3 | |
| 1174 | Lindhurst High School | 6.7 | 8.9 | |
| 1174 | Accelerated Achievement Academy | 6.7 | 0 | |
| … | ||||
| 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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