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 | District | Drop-out rate | 2016-17 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 |
| … | |||
| 186 | San Diego Unified | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 186 | Lincoln Unified | 4.1 | 4 |
| 186 | San Jose Unified | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 186 | Fillmore Unified | 4.1 | 5 |
| 186 | Ojai Unified | 4.1 | 2 |
| 196 | Holtville Unified | 4.2 | 2 |
| 196 | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 196 | Escalon Unified | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 196 | Waterford Unified | 4.2 | 7.2 |
| 200 | Ravendale-Termo Elementary | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 200 | Chino Valley Unified | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 202 | Shasta Union High | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 202 | Oakdale Joint Unified | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 202 | Trinity Alps Unified | 4.4 | 10.2 |
| 202 | Ventura Unified | 4.4 | 6.2 |
| 206 | Willows Unified | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 206 | Lakeport Unified | 4.5 | 6.6 |
| 206 | Novato Unified | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| 206 | Shandon Joint Unified | 4.5 | 7.1 |
| 206 | Lompoc Unified | 4.5 | 6.6 |
| 206 | Gilroy Unified | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 206 | Roseland | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| 206 | Keyes Union | 4.5 | 0 |
| 214 | Livermore Valley Joint Unified | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 214 | Mariposa County Unified | 4.6 | 2.8 |
| 214 | Palm Springs Unified | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 214 | Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 214 | Simi Valley Unified | 4.6 | 9.4 |
| 219 | Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 219 | Monrovia Unified | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| 219 | Capistrano Unified | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 219 | Riverside Unified | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 219 | Coast Unified | 4.7 | 0 |
| 219 | Sonoma Valley Unified | 4.7 | 2.6 |
| 219 | SBE - Sweetwater Secondary | 4.7 | 0 |
| 226 | Kings Canyon Joint Unified | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| 226 | Culver City Unified | 4.8 | 3.2 |
| 226 | Las Virgenes Unified | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| 226 | Desert Sands Unified | 4.8 | 5 |
| 226 | Jurupa Unified | 4.8 | 4 |
| 226 | Cloverdale Unified | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 232 | Calaveras County Office of Education | 4.9 | 8.7 |
| 232 | Redlands Unified | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 232 | Julian Union High | 4.9 | 2.5 |
| 232 | Live Oak Elementary | 4.9 | 3 |
| 236 | Central Unified | 5 | 6 |
| 236 | Wasco Union High | 5 | 5.1 |
| 236 | Newport-Mesa Unified | 5 | 5.2 |
| 239 | Sweetwater Union High | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| 239 | Santa Ynez Valley Union High | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 241 | Eureka City Schools | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| … | |||
| 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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