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 |
| … | ||
| 146 | Palm Springs Unified | 3.5 |
| 146 | Selma Unified | 3.5 |
| 146 | Shasta Union High | 3.5 |
| 149 | Atascadero Unified | 3.6 |
| 149 | Gonzales Unified | 3.6 |
| 149 | Petaluma Joint Union High | 3.6 |
| 149 | Red Bluff Joint Union High | 3.6 |
| 149 | San Lorenzo Valley Unified | 3.6 |
| 149 | Taft Union High | 3.6 |
| 155 | Chino Valley Unified | 3.7 |
| 155 | Imperial Unified | 3.7 |
| 155 | Tustin Unified | 3.7 |
| 155 | Val Verde Unified | 3.7 |
| 159 | Burbank Unified | 3.8 |
| 159 | Desert Sands Unified | 3.8 |
| 159 | Exeter Unified | 3.8 |
| 159 | Hacienda la Puente Unified | 3.8 |
| 159 | Keyes Union | 3.8 |
| 159 | San Pasqual Valley Unified | 3.8 |
| 159 | Silver Valley Unified | 3.8 |
| 166 | Coronado Unified | 3.9 |
| 166 | Novato Unified | 3.9 |
| 166 | South Pasadena Unified | 3.9 |
| 169 | Chawanakee Unified | 4 |
| 169 | Merced Union High | 4 |
| 169 | New Haven Unified | 4 |
| 169 | San Mateo Union High | 4 |
| 169 | Winship-Robbins | 4 |
| 174 | Elk Grove Unified | 4.1 |
| 174 | Orange Unified | 4.1 |
| 174 | San Diego Unified | 4.1 |
| 177 | Moreno Valley Unified | 4.2 |
| 177 | Palo Alto Unified | 4.2 |
| 179 | Anderson Valley Unified | 4.3 |
| 179 | Fort Bragg Unified | 4.3 |
| 179 | Las Virgenes Unified | 4.3 |
| 179 | Lompoc Unified | 4.3 |
| 179 | Lucia Mar Unified | 4.3 |
| 179 | Woodland Joint Unified | 4.3 |
| 185 | Black Oak Mine Unified | 4.4 |
| 185 | Caruthers Unified | 4.4 |
| 185 | Garden Grove Unified | 4.4 |
| 188 | Camptonville Elementary | 4.5 |
| 188 | La Honda-Pescadero Unified | 4.5 |
| 188 | Loomis Union Elementary | 4.5 |
| 188 | Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary | 4.5 |
| 188 | Milpitas Unified | 4.5 |
| 188 | Rialto Unified | 4.5 |
| 188 | Woodlake Unified | 4.5 |
| 195 | Visalia Unified | 4.6 |
| 196 | Alvord Unified | 4.7 |
| … | ||
| 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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