Los Angeles Unified School District’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 3.5 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 11.3 percent, according to the California Department of Education.
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 | 2018-19 Drop-out rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedmont City Unified | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Emery Unified | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1 | Amador County Office of Education | 0 | 19 |
| 1 | Durham Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Williams Unified | 0 | 2.9 |
| 1 | Buckeye Union Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Princeton Joint Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ferndale Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | El Tejon Unified | 0 | 3.8 |
| 1 | El Segundo Unified | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1 | Hawthorne | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | La Canada Unified | 0 | 0.6 |
| 1 | Calistoga Joint Unified | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Laguna Beach Unified | 0 | 3.3 |
| 1 | Nuview Union | 0 | 3.2 |
| 1 | Menifee Union Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Templeton Unified | 0 | 1.4 |
| 1 | Redding Elementary | 0 | 14.3 |
| 1 | Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Scott Valley Unified | 0 | 1.6 |
| 1 | Twin Hills Union Elementary | 0 | 55.2 |
| 1 | Nuestro Elementary | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mountain Valley Unified | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Oak Park Unified | 0 | 0.9 |
| 25 | Manhattan Beach Unified | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| … | |||
| 352 | Contra Costa County Office of Education | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| 352 | Oceanside Unified | 9.6 | 11.7 |
| 352 | SBE – Grossmont Secondary | 9.6 | 4 |
| 355 | Hayward Unified | 9.7 | 11.4 |
| 355 | Farmersville Unified | 9.7 | 5.4 |
| 357 | Southern Humboldt Joint Unified | 9.8 | 2.1 |
| 357 | Lynwood Unified | 9.8 | 10.8 |
| 357 | Barstow Unified | 9.8 | 13 |
| 357 | SBE – Sweetwater Secondary | 9.8 | 4.7 |
| 361 | Fortuna Union High | 9.9 | 23.6 |
| 361 | Western Placer Unified | 9.9 | 7.8 |
| 361 | Sequoia Union High | 9.9 | 5.6 |
| 364 | Marysville Joint Unified | 10 | 11.3 |
| 365 | Gateway Unified | 10.1 | 12.7 |
| 366 | Antioch Unified | 10.2 | 9.1 |
| 367 | Fresno Unified | 10.3 | 9.1 |
| 367 | San Bernardino City Unified | 10.3 | 10.9 |
| 367 | Julian Union High | 10.3 | 4.9 |
| 370 | Fairfield-Suisun Unified | 10.4 | 14.1 |
| 371 | Tahoe-Truckee Unified | 10.5 | 8.5 |
| 372 | Rowland Unified | 10.6 | 7.8 |
| 373 | Berkeley Unified | 10.7 | 11 |
| 373 | Inglewood Unified | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| 375 | Mojave Unified | 10.8 | 8.5 |
| 375 | Golden Valley Unified | 10.8 | 5.6 |
| 377 | Los Angeles Unified | 10.9 | 11.3 |
| 377 | San Juan Unified | 10.9 | 11.7 |
| 379 | Antelope Valley Union High | 11 | 10.9 |
| 379 | El Monte Union High | 11 | 5.7 |
| 379 | Rim of the World Unified | 11 | 9.5 |
| 382 | Shandon Joint Unified | 11.1 | 4.5 |
| 382 | Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified | 11.1 | 4.6 |
| 384 | SBE – The School of Arts and Enterprise | 11.5 | 0 |
| 385 | Salinas Union High | 11.6 | 7.4 |
| 386 | Banning Unified | 11.7 | 10.7 |
| 387 | West Covina Unified | 11.9 | 9.3 |
| 388 | Chowchilla Union High | 12.2 | 9 |
| 388 | Morgan Hill Unified | 12.2 | 9 |
| 388 | Santa Rosa High | 12.2 | 10.3 |
| 391 | Byron Union Elementary | 12.4 | 10.7 |
| 391 | Fall River Joint Unified | 12.4 | 12.9 |
| 393 | Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified | 12.5 | 8.5 |
| 393 | Upper Lake Unified | 12.5 | 11.1 |
| 393 | Aromas – San Juan Unified | 12.5 | 0 |
| 393 | Tehama County Department of Education | 12.5 | 21.9 |
| 393 | SBE – Audeo Charter II | 12.5 | 7.8 |
| 398 | Oakland Unified | 12.6 | 13.9 |
| 399 | Calaveras County Office of Education | 12.7 | 4.9 |
| 400 | Dixon Unified | 13.1 | 13 |
| 400 | Harmony Union Elementary | 13.1 | 11.1 |
| 402 | Paradise Unified | 13.2 | 9.8 |
| … | |||
| 502 | Meridian Elementary | 53.1 | 48.3 |
| 503 | Mono County Office of Education | 53.4 | 39.6 |
| 504 | Solano County Office of Education | 53.6 | 71 |
| 505 | Yuba County Office of Education | 53.8 | 47.2 |
| 506 | Centinela Valley Union High | 56.7 | 38.7 |
| 507 | California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl) | 57.4 | 2.6 |
| 508 | Mattole Unified | 58.3 | 18.5 |
| 509 | Inyo County Office of Education | 58.6 | 41.8 |
| 510 | Orange Center | 60 | 32.6 |
| 511 | Adelanto Elementary | 61.5 | 43.9 |
| 512 | Glenn County Office of Education | 61.6 | 52.1 |
| 513 | Madera County Superintendent of Schools | 62.1 | 29.2 |
| 514 | Vallecitos Elementary | 64.3 | 15.2 |
| 515 | San Francisco County Office of Education | 65.2 | 52.6 |
| 516 | Yolo County Office of Education | 67.4 | 65.5 |
| 517 | Imperial County Office of Education | 67.7 | 54.2 |
| 518 | Nevada County Office of Education | 70.2 | 61.9 |
| 519 | Oak Grove Union Elementary | 72.2 | 37.6 |
| 520 | Trona Joint Unified | 79.7 | 68.8 |
| 521 | Marin County Office of Education | 83.6 | 42.6 |
| 522 | Bradley Union Elementary | 86.4 | 82.1 |
| 523 | Guerneville Elementary | 86.5 | 60.7 |
| 524 | Cuyama Joint Unified | 89.9 | 79 |
| 525 | Laytonville Unified | 93.8 | 3.2 |
| 525 | Shasta County Office of Education | 93.8 | 45.1 |
