South Bay Leader

WESM Health/Sports Medicine's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 30.4% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 9.2%, according to the California Department of Education (CDE).

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	--