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 |
| … | |||
| 1635 | Charter Community School Home Study Academy | El Dorado County Office of Education | 18.4 |
| 1635 | Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy | Oakland Unified | 18.4 |
| 1635 | Pioneer Continuation High | Shasta Union High | 18.4 |
| 1639 | iQ Academy California-Los Angeles | Rowland Unified | 18.5 |
| 1640 | Crossroads Charter | Armona Union Elementary | 18.6 |
| 1640 | Alessandro High | Hemet Unified | 18.6 |
| 1640 | New Designs Charter | Los Angeles Unified | 18.6 |
| 1640 | Thomas Jefferson Senior High | Los Angeles Unified | 18.6 |
| 1640 | Black Diamond High (Continuation) | Pittsburg Unified | 18.6 |
| 1640 | Oak View High School & Education Center | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | 18.6 |
| 1646 | East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy at Esteban E. Torres High No. 2 | Los Angeles Unified | 18.7 |
| 1646 | Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High | Los Angeles Unified | 18.7 |
| 1646 | Moreno Valley Online Academy | Moreno Valley Unified | 18.7 |
| 1649 | Slover Mountain High (Continuation) | Colton Joint Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | Las Flores High (Alternative) | Elk Grove Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | Soldier Mountain High (Continuation) | Fall River Joint Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | West Side Valley High (Continuation) | Newman-Crows Landing Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | San Juan Choices Charter | San Juan Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | Buena Vista High (Continuation) | Taft Union High | 18.8 |
| 1649 | Dr. Doug Sears Learning Center | Temple City Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | Oak Glen High | Valley Center-Pauma Unified | 18.8 |
| 1649 | Evergreen High | Yosemite Unified | 18.8 |
| 1658 | Blair High | Pasadena Unified | 18.9 |
| 1658 | Ark Independent Studies | Santa Cruz City High | 18.9 |
| 1658 | Phoenix High (Continuation) | Western Placer Unified | 18.9 |
| 1661 | Butte Valley High | Butte Valley Unified | 19.0 |
| 1661 | Manual Arts Senior High | Los Angeles Unified | 19.0 |
| 1661 | Bayside Community Day | Moreno Valley Unified | 19.0 |
| 1661 | Placer County Community Schools | Placer County Office of Education | 19.0 |
| 1661 | Butte View High | Sutter Union High | 19.0 |
| 1661 | West Park Charter Academy | West Park Elementary | 19.0 |
| 1667 | Dewey Academy | Oakland Unified | 19.1 |
| 1667 | Independence High | San Francisco Unified | 19.1 |
| 1667 | Vista Nueva Career and Technology High | Twin Rivers Unified | 19.1 |
| 1667 | Hillside High | Upland Unified | 19.1 |
| 1671 | Canyon Oaks High | Monrovia Unified | 19.2 |
| 1672 | Academy for Multilingual Arts and Science at Mervyn M. Dymally High | Los Angeles Unified | 19.3 |
| 1672 | South Lindhurst Continuation High | Marysville Joint Unified | 19.3 |
| 1672 | Chaparral High | Snowline Joint Unified | 19.3 |
| 1675 | Independence Continuation | El Dorado Union High | 19.4 |
| 1675 | Valley Vista High (Continuation) | Huntington Beach Union High | 19.4 |
| 1675 | Del Puerto High | Patterson Joint Unified | 19.4 |
| 1675 | Pacific High | Ventura Unified | 19.4 |
| 1675 | Albert Powell Continuation | Yuba City Unified | 19.4 |
| 1680 | Henry David Thoreau Continuation | Los Angeles Unified | 19.6 |
| 1680 | Visual and Performing Arts at Legacy High School Complex | Los Angeles Unified | 19.6 |
| 1682 | Tennyson High | Hayward Unified | 19.8 |
| 1682 | Oakland International High | Oakland Unified | 19.8 |
| 1682 | Cesar E. Chavez High | Santa Ana Unified | 19.8 |
| 1685 | Compass Charter Schools of Los Angeles | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 20.0 |
| 1685 | Johanna Echols-Hansen High (Continuation) | Cloverdale Unified | 20.0 |
| … | |||
| 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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