Kern County Times

Robert F. Kennedy High School's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 25% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 0.4%, 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
…
180	Redwood High School	0.2	1.4
180	Edison High School	0.2	5.1
180	Murrieta Valley High School	0.2	0.2
180	Santiago High School	0.2	8.1
180	University City High School	0.2	0.5
180	Monta Vista High School	0.2	0.5
180	Palos Verdes High School	0.2	0.2
180	Vista del Lago High School	0.2	4.8
180	Cosumnes Oaks High School	0.2	0.4
180	Yorba Linda High School	0.2	0
196	Campolindo High School	0.3	1
196	Hanford High School	0.3	1
196	Bellflower High School	0.3	3.4
196	San Dimas High School	0.3	2
196	Diamond Ranch High School	0.3	4
196	California High School	0.3	0
196	Cypress High School	0.3	0.8
196	Troy High School	0.3	0.1
196	Huntington Beach High School	0.3	1.6
196	La Quinta High School	0.3	5.7
196	Lowell High School	0.3	0.4
196	Clovis East High School	0.3	0.7
196	Great Oak High School	0.3	0.9
196	Classical Academy High School	0.3	2.2
196	Dougherty Valley High School	0.3	0.3
196	Robert F. Kennedy High School	0.3	0.4
196	Mission Vista High School	0.3	0
213	Granada High School	0.4	1
213	San Ramon Valley High School	0.4	0.2
213	Fountain Valley High School	0.4	0.6
213	Folsom High School	0.4	0.2
213	Scripps Ranch High School	0.4	0.2
213	Foothill Technology High School	0.4	0.4
213	Vista Murrieta High School	0.4	0.6
213	Inderkum High School	0.4	1.5
213	Northridge Academy High School	0.4	4.5
213	Oak Hills High School	0.4	0.6
223	California High School	0.5	0
223	Ponderosa High School	0.5	0.7
223	Fowler High School	0.5	0.6
223	Parlier High School	0.5	0
223	Gahr (Richard) High School	0.5	1
223	Arcadia High School	0.5	0
223	Glendora High School	0.5	0.1
223	Palos Verdes Peninsula High School	0.5	0.3
223	William Workman High School	0.5	1
223	Sonora High School	0.5	0.2
223	Sunny Hills High School	0.5	0.2
223	Polytechnic High School	0.5	6.1
223	Elsinore High School	0.5	0.9
223	Sultana High School	0.5	1.7
…
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	--