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 |
| … | |||
| 365 | Gridley Unified | 9.5 | 12.3 |
| 365 | Napa Valley Unified | 9.5 | 4.5 |
| 365 | Rim of the World Unified | 9.5 | 6.2 |
| 365 | Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified | 9.5 | 3.7 |
| 369 | John Swett Unified | 9.6 | 6.6 |
| 370 | South Bay Union Elementary | 9.7 | 7.4 |
| 370 | Stockton Unified | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| 372 | Paradise Unified | 9.8 | 10.9 |
| 372 | Long Beach Unified | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| 372 | Palo Verde Unified | 9.8 | 8.8 |
| 372 | Burton Elementary | 9.8 | 8.2 |
| 376 | Contra Costa County Office of Education | 9.9 | 6 |
| 376 | Inglewood Unified | 9.9 | 12 |
| 378 | Gorman Joint | 10 | 12.5 |
| 378 | Eastern Sierra Unified | 10 | 15.4 |
| 378 | Santa Cruz City High | 10 | 5.9 |
| 381 | Konocti Unified | 10.2 | 12.6 |
| 382 | Compton Unified | 10.3 | 13.5 |
| 382 | Santa Rosa High | 10.3 | 11.6 |
| 384 | Laton Joint Unified | 10.5 | 0 |
| 385 | Byron Union Elementary | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| 385 | Banning Unified | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| 387 | Lynwood Unified | 10.8 | 9.5 |
| 388 | Colusa Unified | 10.9 | 6.3 |
| 388 | Antelope Valley Union High | 10.9 | 11.5 |
| 388 | San Bernardino City Unified | 10.9 | 10.2 |
| 391 | Berkeley Unified | 11 | 10.9 |
| 392 | Upper Lake Unified | 11.1 | 10.5 |
| 392 | Keppel Union Elementary | 11.1 | -- |
| 392 | Harmony Union Elementary | 11.1 | 2.1 |
| 395 | San Francisco Unified | 11.2 | 13.1 |
| 396 | Los Angeles Unified | 11.3 | 10.8 |
| 396 | Marysville Joint Unified | 11.3 | 9.9 |
| 398 | Hayward Unified | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| 398 | Point Arena Joint Union High | 11.4 | 8.1 |
| 400 | Denair Unified | 11.5 | 6.3 |
| 401 | San Juan Unified | 11.7 | 10.3 |
| 401 | Oceanside Unified | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| 403 | Dunsmuir Joint Union High | 11.8 | 23.5 |
| 404 | Mendocino Unified | 12.1 | 5.4 |
| 404 | Round Valley Unified | 12.1 | 12.5 |
| 406 | Blochman Union Elementary | 12.2 | 10.1 |
| 406 | Monterey County Office of Education | 12.2 | 27.4 |
| 408 | Ceres Unified | 12.3 | 7.2 |
| 409 | Washington Unified | 12.5 | 16.8 |
| 410 | Southern Kern Unified | 12.6 | 7.3 |
| 411 | Gateway Unified | 12.7 | 13.3 |
| 412 | Palmdale Elementary | 12.9 | 19 |
| 412 | Plumas Unified | 12.9 | 4.8 |
| 412 | Fall River Joint Unified | 12.9 | 8.1 |
| 415 | Barstow Unified | 13 | 9 |
| … | |||
| 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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