LAX Leader

New Designs Charter School-Watts drop-out rate in the 2017-18 school year decreased by 31.2 percent compared to the previous school year’s drop-out rate of 45.8, according to the California Department of Education.

CDE data shows that graduation and dropout rates continue to confirm that 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 drop-out rates. Individually tailored student support is one way that has been 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	2016-17 Drop-out rate
1	Millennium High Alternative	0	0
1	Piedmont High School	0	0
1	Amador County Special Education	0	--
1	Biggs High School	0	6.5
1	Durham High School	0	1.2
1	Maxwell Sr High School	0	3.4
1	Pierce High School	0	1
1	Mid Valley High School (Continuation)	0	11.8
1	Miramonte High School	0	0.7
1	Middle College High School	0	0
1	California High School	0	0.2
1	Monte Vista High School	0	0.5
1	Kingsburg High School	0	0.8
1	Parlier High School	0	1.5
1	Sierra High School	0	0
1	Hamilton High School	0	0
1	Princeton Junior-Senior High School	0	--
1	McKinleyville High School	0	4.7
1	Hoopa Valley High School	0	0
1	South Fork Junior - Senior High School	0	2.7
1	Ferndale High School	0	0
1	Big Pine High School	0	--
1	Bishop Union High School	0	1.5
1	Boron Junior-Senior High School	0	2.4
1	Desert Junior-Senior High School	0	0
…
1898	Fernando R. Ledesma Continuation High School	30.1	36
1898	Opportunities for Learning - Duarte	30.1	34.9
1900	Phoenix Continuation	30.2	26.3
1901	Mt. Lukens Continuation	30.4	13
1901	La Sierra High (Alternative)	30.4	35.8
1901	Monarch	30.4	32
1904	Avalon High School	30.6	31.9
1904	Deep Creek Academy	30.6	38.5
1906	Mt. Olive Innovation and Technology High School	30.8	29.3
1906	Sierra Home	30.8	4.8
1906	Gilbert High School (Continuation)	30.8	28.7
1906	San Joaquin County Special Education	30.8	16.7
1910	R. K. Lloyde High School	30.9	18.1
1910	Pioneer Technical Center	30.9	44.3
1912	Vista West Continuation High School	31	29.8
1912	California Virtual Academy at Kings	31	30.7
1912	Inspire Charter School - South	31	29.3
1915	Horizons School: Independent Study	31.3	22.2
1915	Bill M. Manes High School	31.3	7.1
1917	Confluence Continuation High School	31.4	16.7
1917	La Entrada Continuation High School	31.4	32.1
1917	San Luis Obispo County Community	31.4	16.9
1920	Royal Sunset (Continuation)	31.5	21.1
1920	Foothill High School	31.5	1.3
1920	Pathway Independent Study	31.5	30.8
1920	New Designs Charter School-Watts	31.5	45.8
1924	Valley Oak Junior and Senior High School	31.6	10.5
1924	Eureka Community	31.6	63
1926	Opportunity Academy	31.9	--
1927	Bridgepoint High School (Continuation)	32	23.1
1927	one.Charter	32	19.6
1929	Pueblo de Los Angeles Continuation	32.1	39
1929	Sunset High School (Continuation)	32.1	28
1929	California Connections Academy @ Ripon	32.1	26.8
1932	Marshall (Thurgood) High School	32.2	20.4
1932	Wilson Alternative	32.2	26.9
1934	Tri-C Community Day	32.3	32.7
1935	Cambridge High School	32.4	41.3
1935	Argus High School (Continuation)	32.4	14.1
1935	Exeter Independent Study (Alternative)	32.4	31.9
1938	Albert Einstein Continuation	32.5	34.2
1938	Stoney Point Continuation	32.5	30.6
1938	John Hope Continuation	32.5	27.9
1938	Desert Sands Charter	32.5	30.7
1942	Optimist Charter	32.6	44
1943	Options for Youth-Acton	32.7	--
1944	ACCESS County Community	32.8	34.4
1944	North Area Community	32.8	26.3
1944	Frida Kahlo High School	32.8	39.5
1947	College Bridge Academy	33.1	37.9
1948	Valley High School (Continuation)	33.3	9.1
…
2150	Santa Cruz County Court	74.3	36.6
2151	S.F. County Special Education	75	--
2152	San Diego County Court	75.3	78.3
2153	San Bernardino County Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center	75.7	68.9
2154	Highlands Community Charter	76.2	60.9
2155	Solano County Community	76.5	78.9
2156	MethodSchools	77.8	45.8
2157	Center for Alternative Learning	78.9	78.9
2158	Gateway College and Career Academy	81.6	40.4
2159	Clovis Community Day Secondary School	83.3	--
2160	Sonoma County Court	84.6	67.6
2161	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	85.3	63.5
2162	Dan Jacobs	86.7	--
2162	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	86.7	--
2164	SIATech Academy South	87.7	55.2
2165	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	88.9	36.4
2166	Opportunity Youth Academy	89.1	42.6
2167	Hart-Ransom Academic Charter	89.5	4.5
2168	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	90.1	90.1
2168	Santa Clara County Special Education	90.1	20.3
2170	Siskiyou County Special Education	90.9	--
2170	Oroville High Community Day	90.9	90.9
2172	Family First Charter	92.7	71.6
2173	Civicorps Corpsmember Academy	93.3	31.8
2174	New Opportunities Charter	96.5	93.8