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 | 2017-18 Drop-out rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biggs Unified | 0 | 8.6 |
| 1 | Durham Unified | 0 | 1.2 |
| 1 | Maxwell Unified | 0 | 3.4 |
| 1 | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Sierra Unified | 0 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Princeton Joint Unified | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Ferndale Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Big Pine Unified | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Muroc Joint Unified | 0 | 0.8 |
| 1 | Big Valley Joint Unified | 0 | 7.7 |
| 1 | Hawthorne | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tulelake Basin Joint Unified | 0 | 2.8 |
| 1 | Loomis Union Elementary | 0 | 6.3 |
| 1 | Menifee Union Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Aromas - San Juan Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | La Honda-Pescadero Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Geyserville Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nuestro Elementary | 0 | -- |
| 1 | Mountain Valley Unified | 0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | SBE - New West Charter | 0 | 6.9 |
| 1 | SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise | 0 | 5.3 |
| 23 | Manhattan Beach Unified | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 24 | Arcadia Unified | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 24 | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| … | |||
| 251 | Farmersville Unified | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 255 | Orland Joint Unified | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 255 | Madera Unified | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 255 | Santa Ana Unified | 5.5 | 4.3 |
| 255 | Summerville Union High | 5.5 | 10.3 |
| 259 | Golden Valley Unified | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 259 | Hemet Unified | 5.6 | 7 |
| 259 | Sequoia Union High | 5.6 | 4.2 |
| 259 | Piner-Olivet Union Elementary | 5.6 | 18.2 |
| 263 | San Leandro Unified | 5.7 | 8.5 |
| 263 | El Monte Union High | 5.7 | 8.4 |
| 263 | Anderson Valley Unified | 5.7 | 0 |
| 263 | Hesperia Unified | 5.7 | 3.5 |
| 263 | Santa Clara Unified | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 263 | Windsor Unified | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| 269 | Middletown Unified | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 269 | Escondido Union High | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 269 | Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 272 | Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools | 5.9 | 35.3 |
| 273 | Pittsburg Unified | 6 | 6.8 |
| 273 | Grossmont Union High | 6 | 6.2 |
| 275 | Kern High | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 275 | Lemoore Union High | 6.1 | 8.7 |
| 275 | Azusa Unified | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 275 | Burbank Unified | 6.1 | 7.9 |
| 275 | Montebello Unified | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 275 | Whitmore Union Elementary | 6.1 | 12.5 |
| 275 | Los Molinos Unified | 6.1 | 10.8 |
| 275 | Winters Joint Unified | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 283 | Sierra Sands Unified | 6.2 | 3 |
| 283 | Kelseyville Unified | 6.2 | 7.8 |
| 283 | Anaheim Union High | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 283 | Moreno Valley Unified | 6.2 | 6 |
| 283 | San Lorenzo Valley Unified | 6.2 | 2.1 |
| 288 | Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary | 6.3 | 5 |
| 288 | Jefferson Union High | 6.3 | 3.1 |
| 288 | Porterville Unified | 6.3 | 7.9 |
| 291 | Le Grand Union High | 6.5 | 13.6 |
| 291 | Chaffey Joint Union High | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 291 | Paso Robles Joint Unified | 6.5 | 4.3 |
| 291 | South San Francisco Unified | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| 291 | Vacaville Unified | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 296 | Perris Union High | 6.6 | 5 |
| 296 | San Benito High | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| 296 | Fontana Unified | 6.6 | 6 |
| 299 | Santa Monica-Malibu Unified | 6.7 | 2.5 |
| 299 | Shoreline Unified | 6.7 | 4.9 |
| 299 | Merced Union High | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 299 | Apple Valley Unified | 6.7 | 3.5 |
| 303 | Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified | 6.8 | 10.7 |
| 304 | Yuba City Unified | 6.9 | 8.2 |
| … | |||
| 506 | Adelanto Elementary | 43.9 | 47.2 |
| 507 | Merced County Office of Education | 44.6 | 32.1 |
| 508 | Shasta County Office of Education | 45.1 | 43.8 |
| 509 | Riverside County Office of Education | 45.9 | 45.9 |
| 510 | Yuba County Office of Education | 47.2 | 31.9 |
| 511 | Meridian Elementary | 48.3 | 39.3 |
| 512 | Santa Cruz County Office of Education | 49.3 | 20.4 |
| 512 | Santa Clara County Office of Education | 49.3 | 27.1 |
| 514 | San Diego County Office of Education | 50.7 | 57.8 |
| 515 | Glenn County Office of Education | 52.1 | 56 |
| 516 | San Francisco County Office of Education | 52.6 | 39.4 |
| 517 | Imperial County Office of Education | 54.2 | 33 |
| 518 | Santa Barbara County Office of Education | 54.5 | 65.5 |
| 519 | Twin Hills Union Elementary | 55.2 | 2.7 |
| 520 | San Bernardino County Office of Education | 57.7 | 59.4 |
| 521 | Guerneville Elementary | 60.7 | -- |
| 522 | Nevada County Office of Education | 61.9 | 49.6 |
| 523 | Lake County Office of Education | 63.6 | -- |
| 524 | Yolo County Office of Education | 65.5 | 80.2 |
| 525 | Sonoma County Office of Education | 68.4 | 47 |
| 526 | Trona Joint Unified | 68.8 | 50 |
| 527 | Solano County Office of Education | 71 | 69 |
| 528 | Cuyama Joint Unified | 79 | 16.7 |
| 529 | Bradley Union Elementary | 82.1 | 37.5 |
| 530 | Hart-Ransom Union Elementary | 89.5 | 4.5 |
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