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 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 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.”
| Rank | District | Drop-Out rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amador County Office of Education | 0 |
| 1 | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0 |
| 1 | Calistoga Joint Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Durham Unified | 0 |
| 1 | El Segundo Unified | 0 |
| 1 | El Tejon Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Emery Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Ferndale Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Hawthorne | 0 |
| 1 | La Canada Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Laguna Beach Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Menifee Union Elementary | 0 |
| 1 | Mountain Valley Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Nuestro Elementary | 0 |
| 1 | Nuview Union | 0 |
| 1 | Oak Park Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Piedmont City Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Princeton Joint Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Redding Elementary | 0 |
| 1 | Scott Valley Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Templeton Unified | 0 |
| 1 | Twin Hills Union Elementary | 0 |
| 1 | Williams Unified | 0 |
| 25 | Manhattan Beach Unified | 0.2 |
| … | ||
| 296 | Modoc Joint Unified | 7 |
| 296 | San Lorenzo Unified | 7 |
| 298 | Fort Sage Unified | 7.1 |
| 298 | Fullerton Joint Union High | 7.1 |
| 298 | Mt. Diablo Unified | 7.1 |
| 301 | Escalon Unified | 7.2 |
| 302 | North Monterey County Unified | 7.3 |
| 303 | Calipatria Unified | 7.4 |
| 303 | Carpinteria Unified | 7.4 |
| 303 | McFarland Unified | 7.4 |
| 303 | Newark Unified | 7.4 |
| 303 | Santa Clara Unified | 7.4 |
| 303 | Tracy Joint Unified | 7.4 |
| 309 | Colusa Unified | 7.5 |
| 309 | Point Arena Joint Union High | 7.5 |
| 309 | Valley Center-Pauma Unified | 7.5 |
| 312 | Moorpark Unified | 7.6 |
| 312 | Napa Valley Unified | 7.6 |
| 312 | San Jose Unified | 7.6 |
| 315 | Galt Joint Union High | 7.7 |
| 316 | SBE - Academia Avance Charter | 7.8 |
| 316 | South Monterey County Joint Union High | 7.8 |
| 316 | West Contra Costa Unified | 7.8 |
| 316 | Windsor Unified | 7.8 |
| 320 | San Luis Obispo County Office of Education | 7.9 |
| 320 | Yuba City Unified | 7.9 |
| 322 | Eastern Sierra Unified | 8 |
| 322 | Gridley Unified | 8 |
| 324 | Anderson Union High | 8.1 |
| 324 | Reef-Sunset Unified | 8.1 |
| 324 | Santa Cruz City High | 8.1 |
| 324 | Wasco Union High | 8.1 |
| 328 | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | 8.2 |
| 328 | Santa Maria Joint Union High | 8.2 |
| 330 | Paramount Unified | 8.3 |
| 330 | SBE - Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana | 8.3 |
| 332 | Le Grand Union High | 8.4 |
| 332 | Sacramento City Unified | 8.4 |
| 334 | Long Beach Unified | 8.5 |
| 335 | Wiseburn Unified | 8.6 |
| 336 | Coachella Valley Unified | 8.7 |
| 337 | Chico Unified | 8.8 |
| 337 | Fallbrook Union High | 8.8 |
| 337 | Vacaville Unified | 8.8 |
| 340 | Palo Verde Unified | 8.9 |
| 340 | Stockton Unified | 8.9 |
| 342 | Middletown Unified | 9 |
| 342 | Oroville Union High | 9 |
| 344 | Ceres Unified | 9.1 |
| 344 | Southern Kern Unified | 9.1 |
| 344 | Willows Unified | 9.1 |
| … | ||
| 503 | Meridian Elementary | 53.1 |
| 504 | Mono County Office of Education | 53.4 |
| 505 | Solano County Office of Education | 53.6 |
| 506 | Yuba County Office of Education | 53.8 |
| 507 | Centinela Valley Union High | 56.7 |
| 508 | California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl) | 57.4 |
| 509 | Mattole Unified | 58.3 |
| 510 | Inyo County Office of Education | 58.6 |
| 511 | Orange Center | 60 |
| 512 | Adelanto Elementary | 61.5 |
| 513 | Glenn County Office of Education | 61.6 |
| 514 | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | 62.1 |
| 515 | Vallecitos Elementary | 64.3 |
| 516 | San Francisco County Office of Education | 65.2 |
| 517 | Yolo County Office of Education | 67.4 |
| 518 | Imperial County Office of Education | 67.7 |
| 519 | Nevada County Office of Education | 70.2 |
| 520 | Oak Grove Union Elementary | 72.2 |
| 521 | Trona Joint Unified | 79.7 |
| 522 | Marin County Office of Education | 83.6 |
| 523 | Bradley Union Elementary | 86.4 |
| 524 | Guerneville Elementary | 86.5 |
| 525 | Cuyama Joint Unified | 89.9 |
| 526 | Laytonville Unified | 93.8 |
| 526 | Shasta County Office of Education | 93.8 |
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