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 |
| … | |||
| 614 | Orthopaedic Hospital | Los Angeles Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | Pacheco High | Los Banos Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | John H. Glenn High | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | North Salinas High | Salinas Union High | 2.4 |
| 614 | Clairemont High | San Diego Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | San Lorenzo Valley High | San Lorenzo Valley Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | Pacific Law Academy | Stockton Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | Foothill High | Tustin Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | Ukiah High | Ukiah Unified | 2.4 |
| 614 | Leadership Public Schools: Richmond | West Contra Costa Unified | 2.4 |
| 629 | Golden Sierra Junior Senior High | Black Oak Mine Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Center High | Center Joint Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Clovis West High | Clovis Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Piedmont Hills High | East Side Union High | 2.5 |
| 629 | Tahquitz High | Hemet Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Environmental Charter High | Lawndale Elementary | 2.5 |
| 629 | Lindsay Senior High | Lindsay Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics at Legacy High School Complex | Los Angeles Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Madera High | Madera Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Monrovia High | Monrovia Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Patterson High | Patterson Joint Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Monache High | Porterville Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Avenal High | Reef-Sunset Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Simi Valley High | Simi Valley Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Temecula Valley High | Temecula Valley Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | West Covina High | West Covina Unified | 2.5 |
| 629 | Inspire Charter School - North | Winship-Robbins | 2.5 |
| 646 | Argonaut High | Amador County Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Western High | Anaheim Union High | 2.6 |
| 646 | California School for the Deaf-Fremont | California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl) | 2.6 |
| 646 | Union Mine High | El Dorado Union High | 2.6 |
| 646 | Homestead High | Fremont Union High | 2.6 |
| 646 | Laguna Beach High | Laguna Beach Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield Technology Academy High | Los Angeles Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High | Los Angeles Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts | Los Angeles Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Mojave Jr./Sr. High | Mojave Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Shasta Charter Academy | Shasta Union High | 2.6 |
| 646 | Santa Susana High | Simi Valley Unified | 2.6 |
| 646 | Summerville High | Summerville Union High | 2.6 |
| 646 | De Anza High | West Contra Costa Unified | 2.6 |
| 660 | Amador High | Amador County Unified | 2.7 |
| 660 | Beaumont Senior High | Beaumont Unified | 2.7 |
| 660 | CORE Charter | Camptonville Elementary | 2.7 |
| 660 | East Nicolaus High | East Nicolaus Joint Union High | 2.7 |
| 660 | Elk Grove High | Elk Grove Unified | 2.7 |
| 660 | Emery Secondary | Emery Unified | 2.7 |
| 660 | Buena Park High | Fullerton Joint Union High | 2.7 |
| 660 | Animo Pat Brown | Los Angeles Unified | 2.7 |
| 660 | Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Social Justice Humanitas Academy | Los Angeles Unified | 2.7 |
| 660 | Downtown Business High | Los Angeles Unified | 2.7 |
| … | |||
| 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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