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 |
| … | ||
| 437 | San Gabriel Unified | 20 |
| 437 | SBE - Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria | 20 |
| 440 | Cloverdale Unified | 20.2 |
| 441 | Bonsall Unified | 20.5 |
| 441 | Sacramento County Office of Education | 20.5 |
| 443 | Westside Elementary | 20.9 |
| 444 | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified | 21.2 |
| 444 | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 21.2 |
| 446 | Mountain Empire Unified | 21.3 |
| 447 | Ripon Unified | 21.7 |
| 447 | Robla Elementary | 21.7 |
| 449 | Twin Rivers Unified | 21.9 |
| 450 | El Dorado County Office of Education | 22.1 |
| 451 | San Mateo County Office of Education | 22.2 |
| 452 | Butte County Office of Education | 22.4 |
| 453 | Baldwin Park Unified | 22.6 |
| 453 | Ventura County Office of Education | 22.6 |
| 455 | Lucerne Valley Unified | 23.4 |
| 455 | Vallejo City Unified | 23.4 |
| 457 | Gorman Joint | 23.5 |
| 457 | Napa County Office of Education | 23.5 |
| 459 | Julian Union Elementary | 23.6 |
| 460 | Vista Unified | 23.9 |
| 461 | Borrego Springs Unified | 24 |
| 462 | Maricopa Unified | 24.8 |
| 463 | Kings County Office of Education | 25 |
| 463 | Potter Valley Community Unified | 25 |
| 463 | Round Valley Unified | 25 |
| 463 | West Park Elementary | 25 |
| 467 | Stone Corral Elementary | 25.2 |
| 468 | Orange County Department of Education | 26.9 |
| 469 | San Joaquin County Office of Education | 27.9 |
| 470 | Helendale Elementary | 28.2 |
| 471 | Placer County Office of Education | 28.3 |
| 472 | Alpaugh Unified | 28.6 |
| 472 | Los Angeles County Office of Education | 28.6 |
| 474 | Spencer Valley Elementary | 29.8 |
| 475 | Westwood Unified | 30.8 |
| 476 | San Francisco Unified | 30.9 |
| 477 | Muroc Joint Unified | 31.8 |
| 477 | Warner Unified | 31.8 |
| 479 | Monterey County Office of Education | 31.9 |
| 480 | Kern County Office of Education | 32.5 |
| 481 | Humboldt County Office of Education | 32.6 |
| 482 | Trinity County Office of Education | 33.3 |
| 483 | Acton-Agua Dulce Unified | 35 |
| 483 | Dehesa Elementary | 35 |
| 485 | Alameda County Office of Education | 35.2 |
| 486 | Jefferson Elementary | 35.7 |
| 487 | Riverside County Office of Education | 36.1 |
| 488 | Colusa County Office of Education | 36.4 |
| … | ||
| 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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