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 Ranked by Drop-Out Rate
| Rank | School | District | Drop-Out rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerritos High | ABC Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Whitney (Gretchen) High | ABC Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Miramonte High | Acalanes Union High | 0.0 |
| 1 | Alameda Community Learning Center | Alameda Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Alameda Science and Technology Institute | Alameda Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Amador County Special Education | Amador County Office of Education | 0.0 |
| 1 | Oxford Academy | Anaheim Union High | 0.0 |
| 1 | Academies of the Antelope Valley | Antelope Valley Union High | 0.0 |
| 1 | SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise) | Antelope Valley Union High | 0.0 |
| 1 | Dozier-Libbey Medical High | Antioch Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Academy for Academic Excellence | Apple Valley Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Arcadia High | Arcadia Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Anzar High | Aromas - San Juan Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Tioga High | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Big Pine High | Big Pine Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Big Valley Jr. Sr. High | Big Valley Joint Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Biggs High | Biggs Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Bishop Union High | Bishop Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Trivium Charter | Blochman Union Elementary | 0.0 |
| 1 | Clarksville Charter | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0.0 |
| 1 | Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) | Burbank Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Calistoga Junior-Senior High | Calistoga Joint Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Whitmore Charter High | Ceres Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Charter Oak High | Charter Oak Unified | 0.0 |
| 1 | Oak Knoll Alternative | Charter Oak Unified | 0.0 |
| … | |||
| 491 | Delta High | River Delta Joint Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Martin Luther King Jr. High | Riverside Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | School for Entrepreneurship and Technology | San Diego Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Leadership High | San Francisco Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | KIPP King Collegiate High | San Lorenzo Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Segerstrom High | Santa Ana Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Otay Ranch Senior High | Sweetwater Union High | 1.7 |
| 491 | Tamalpais High | Tamalpais Union High | 1.7 |
| 491 | John H. Pitman High | Turlock Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Upland High | Upland Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Visalia Technical Early College | Visalia Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | West Ranch High | William S. Hart Union High | 1.7 |
| 491 | Da Vinci Communications High | Wiseburn Unified | 1.7 |
| 491 | Woodland Senior High | Woodland Joint Unified | 1.7 |
| 518 | Anderson High | Anderson Union High | 1.8 |
| 518 | Capistrano Valley High | Capistrano Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Coast Union High | Coast Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Mountain View High | El Monte Union High | 1.8 |
| 518 | El Rancho High | El Rancho Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Henry J. Kaiser High | Fontana Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Irvington High | Fremont Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Middle College High | Lodi Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Natomas Charter | Natomas Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Arcata High | Northern Humboldt Union High | 1.8 |
| 518 | El Camino Fundamental High | San Juan Unified | 1.8 |
| 518 | Enterprise High | Shasta Union High | 1.8 |
| 530 | Acalanes High | Acalanes Union High | 1.9 |
| 530 | Etiwanda High | Chaffey Joint Union High | 1.9 |
| 530 | Ruben S. Ayala High | Chino Valley Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Clovis North High | Clovis Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Norco High | Corona-Norco Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Hemet High | Hemet Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Encore Jr./Sr. High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Hesperia Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Marina High | Huntington Beach Union High | 1.9 |
| 530 | University High | Irvine Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Lemoore Middle College High | Lemoore Union High | 1.9 |
| 530 | Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High | Los Angeles Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Diane S. Leichman Career Preparatory and Transition Center | Los Angeles Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Nordhoff High | Ojai Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Petaluma High | Petaluma Joint Union High | 1.9 |
| 530 | Ripon High | Ripon Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Polytechnic High | Riverside Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | San Gorgonio High | San Bernardino City Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Point Loma High | San Diego Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Serra High | San Diego Unified | 1.9 |
| 530 | Taft Union High | Taft Union High | 1.9 |
| 530 | Yucaipa High | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | 1.9 |
| 551 | San Dimas High | Bonita Unified | 2.0 |
| 551 | California School for the Deaf-Riverside | California School for the Deaf-Riverside (State Special Schl) | 2.0 |
| 551 | California Preparatory Academy | Capistrano Unified | 2.0 |
| 551 | Centennial High | Corona-Norco Unified | 2.0 |
| … | |||
| 2157 | Solano County Community | Solano County Office of Education | 76.5 |
| 2158 | MethodSchools | Dehesa Elementary | 77.8 |
| 2159 | Center for Alternative Learning | Chico Unified | 78.9 |
| 2160 | Gateway College and Career Academy | Riverside County Office of Education | 81.6 |
| 2161 | Clovis Community Day Secondary | Clovis Unified | 83.3 |
| 2162 | Sonoma County Court | Sonoma County Office of Education | 84.6 |
| 2163 | EPIC de Cesar Chavez | Nevada County Office of Education | 85.3 |
| 2164 | Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | 86.7 |
| 2164 | Dan Jacobs | Yolo County Office of Education | 86.7 |
| 2166 | SIATech Academy South | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 87.7 |
| 2167 | Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs | Sonoma County Office of Education | 88.9 |
| 2168 | Opportunity Youth Academy | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 89.1 |
| 2169 | Hart-Ransom Academic Charter | Hart-Ransom Union Elementary | 89.5 |
| 2170 | Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning | East Side Union High | 90.1 |
| 2170 | Santa Clara County Special Education | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 90.1 |
| 2172 | Oroville High Community Day | Oroville Union High | 90.9 |
| 2172 | Siskiyou County Special Education | Siskiyou County Office of Education | 90.9 |
| 2174 | Family First Charter | Centinela Valley Union High | 92.7 |
| 2175 | Civicorps Corpsmember Academy | Oakland Unified | 93.3 |
| 2176 | New Opportunities Charter | Centinela Valley Union High | 96.5 |
| 2177 | Imperial County Special Education | Imperial County Office of Education | 100.0 |
| 2177 | Clear Passage Educational Center | Long Beach Unified | 100.0 |
| 2177 | Merced County Special Education | Merced County Office of Education | 100.0 |
| 2177 | Lighthouse Community Charter High | Oakland Unified | 100.0 |
| 2177 | Special Education | Tulare County Office of Education | 100.0 |
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