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 | District | Drop-out rate | 2018-19 Drop-out rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedmont City Unified | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Emery Unified | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Amador County Office of Education | 0 | 19 |
| 1 | Durham Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Williams Unified | 0 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Princeton Joint Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ferndale Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | El Tejon Unified | 0 | 3.8 |
| 1 | El Segundo Unified | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Hawthorne | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | La Canada Unified | 0 | 0.6 |
| 1 | Calistoga Joint Unified | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Laguna Beach Unified | 0 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Nuview Union | 0 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Menifee Union Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Templeton Unified | 0 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Redding Elementary | 0 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Scott Valley Unified | 0 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Twin Hills Union Elementary | 0 | 55.2 |
| 1 | Nuestro Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mountain Valley Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oak Park Unified | 0 | 0.9 |
| 25 | Manhattan Beach Unified | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| … | |||
| 277 | Mountain View-Los Altos Union High | 6.5 | 1.1 |
| 277 | Live Oak Elementary | 6.5 | 4.9 |
| 277 | Whitmore Union Elementary | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 282 | Saint Helena Unified | 6.6 | 4 |
| 282 | Modesto City High | 6.6 | 7.7 |
| 284 | Martinez Unified | 6.7 | 7 |
| 284 | Hamilton Unified | 6.7 | 2.8 |
| 284 | Madera Unified | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 287 | Ravendale-Termo Elementary | 6.8 | 4.3 |
| 287 | San Rafael City High | 6.8 | 13.1 |
| 287 | Roseville Joint Union High | 6.8 | 9.2 |
| 287 | Grossmont Union High | 6.8 | 6 |
| 287 | Porterville Unified | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| 287 | Oxnard Union High | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| 287 | Ventura Unified | 6.8 | 4.4 |
| 294 | Pajaro Valley Unified | 6.9 | 8.2 |
| 295 | San Lorenzo Unified | 7 | 7.8 |
| 295 | Modoc Joint Unified | 7 | 19.4 |
| 297 | Mt. Diablo Unified | 7.1 | 8.2 |
| 297 | Fort Sage Unified | 7.1 | 8.6 |
| 297 | Fullerton Joint Union High | 7.1 | 2.3 |
| 300 | Escalon Unified | 7.2 | 4.2 |
| 301 | North Monterey County Unified | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| 302 | Newark Unified | 7.4 | 8.5 |
| 302 | Calipatria Unified | 7.4 | 3.1 |
| 302 | McFarland Unified | 7.4 | 3.4 |
| 302 | Tracy Joint Unified | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 302 | Carpinteria Unified | 7.4 | 2.5 |
| 302 | Santa Clara Unified | 7.4 | 5.7 |
| 308 | Colusa Unified | 7.5 | 10.9 |
| 308 | Point Arena Joint Union High | 7.5 | 11.4 |
| 308 | Valley Center-Pauma Unified | 7.5 | 3.9 |
| 311 | Napa Valley Unified | 7.6 | 9.5 |
| 311 | San Jose Unified | 7.6 | 4.1 |
| 311 | Moorpark Unified | 7.6 | 5.2 |
| 314 | Galt Joint Union High | 7.7 | 1.7 |
| 315 | West Contra Costa Unified | 7.8 | 8.5 |
| 315 | South Monterey County Joint Union High | 7.8 | 13.4 |
| 315 | Windsor Unified | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| 315 | SBE - Academia Avance Charter | 7.8 | 2.2 |
| 319 | San Luis Obispo County Office of Education | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| 319 | Yuba City Unified | 7.9 | 6.9 |
| 321 | Gridley Unified | 8 | 9.5 |
| 321 | Eastern Sierra Unified | 8 | 10 |
| 323 | Wasco Union High | 8.1 | 5 |
| 323 | Reef-Sunset Unified | 8.1 | 7.1 |
| 323 | Santa Cruz City High | 8.1 | 10 |
| 323 | Anderson Union High | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 327 | Santa Maria Joint Union High | 8.2 | 5.3 |
| 327 | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | 8.2 | 6.8 |
| 329 | Paramount Unified | 8.3 | 7.1 |
| … | |||
| 502 | Meridian Elementary | 53.1 | 48.3 |
| 503 | Mono County Office of Education | 53.4 | 39.6 |
| 504 | Solano County Office of Education | 53.6 | 71 |
| 505 | Yuba County Office of Education | 53.8 | 47.2 |
| 506 | Centinela Valley Union High | 56.7 | 38.7 |
| 507 | California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl) | 57.4 | 2.6 |
| 508 | Mattole Unified | 58.3 | 18.5 |
| 509 | Inyo County Office of Education | 58.6 | 41.8 |
| 510 | Orange Center | 60 | 32.6 |
| 511 | Adelanto Elementary | 61.5 | 43.9 |
| 512 | Glenn County Office of Education | 61.6 | 52.1 |
| 513 | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | 62.1 | 29.2 |
| 514 | Vallecitos Elementary | 64.3 | 15.2 |
| 515 | San Francisco County Office of Education | 65.2 | 52.6 |
| 516 | Yolo County Office of Education | 67.4 | 65.5 |
| 517 | Imperial County Office of Education | 67.7 | 54.2 |
| 518 | Nevada County Office of Education | 70.2 | 61.9 |
| 519 | Oak Grove Union Elementary | 72.2 | 37.6 |
| 520 | Trona Joint Unified | 79.7 | 68.8 |
| 521 | Marin County Office of Education | 83.6 | 42.6 |
| 522 | Bradley Union Elementary | 86.4 | 82.1 |
| 523 | Guerneville Elementary | 86.5 | 60.7 |
| 524 | Cuyama Joint Unified | 89.9 | 79 |
| 525 | Laytonville Unified | 93.8 | 3.2 |
| 525 | Shasta County Office of Education | 93.8 | 45.1 |
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