SE LA Times

El Camino High School (Continuation)'s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 18.4% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 4.9%, according to the California Department of Education (CDE).

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	School	Drop-out rate	2018-19 Drop-out rate
1	Millennium High Alternative	0	0
1	Piedmont High School	0	0
1	Emery Secondary School	0	2.7
1	Amador County Special Education	0	0
1	Durham High School	0	0
1	Mid Valley High School (Continuation)	0	0
1	Williams Junior/Senior High School	0	3.4
1	Freedom High School	0	1.4
1	Middle College High School	0	0
1	Golden Sierra Junior Senior High School	0	2.5
1	Kingsburg High School	0	0
1	Oasis Continuation High School	0	--
1	Princeton Junior-Senior High School	0	0
1	Ferndale High School	0	0
1	Desert Junior-Senior High School	0	0
1	Frazier Mountain High School	0	3.8
1	Earl F. Johnson High School (Continuation)	0	1.7
1	Whitney (Gretchen) High School	0	0
1	Mayfair High School	0	1.2
1	South Hills High School	0	0
1	Arena High School (Continuation)	0	11.1
1	El Segundo High School	0	0
1	Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School	0	0
1	La Canada High School	0	0.6
1	Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12	0	0
…
846	Tustin High School	3.8	1
846	High Tech High School	3.8	2.8
846	Temecula Preparatory	3.8	0
846	Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy	3.8	18.4
846	Foresthill High School	3.8	0
846	River Oaks Academy	3.8	0
869	Bishop Union High School	3.9	0
869	Foothill High School	3.9	1.2
869	Santa Monica High School	3.9	5.3
869	Anaheim High School	3.9	6.4
869	Villa Park High School	3.9	3.4
869	North Tahoe High School	3.9	0
869	Vista del Lago High School	3.9	4.8
869	Kearny SCT	3.9	0
869	Olympian High School	3.9	1.5
869	Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts	3.9	2.6
869	Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High School	3.9	2.6
880	Eagle Rock High School	4	3.8
880	Yucaipa High School	4	1.9
880	Leadership High School	4	1.7
880	Monte Vista	4	7.1
880	Granite Hills High School	4	3.5
880	Pioneer High School	4	0.3
880	John C. Kimball High School	4	4.4
880	Inspire Charter School - North	4	2.5
880	El Camino High School (Continuation)	4	4.9
889	Pittsburg Senior High School	4.1	3.7
889	Caruthers High School	4.1	2.3
889	Central Union High School	4.1	3.5
889	Highland High School	4.1	4.4
889	Rialto High School	4.1	3.9
889	Gunderson High School	4.1	6
889	Turlock High School	4.1	3
889	Monache High School	4.1	2.5
889	Porterville High School	4.1	3.9
889	Renaissance High School	4.1	4
889	Heritage High School	4.1	0.3
900	Edison High School	4.2	5.1
900	Learning Post High (Alternative)	4.2	5
900	El Toro High School	4.2	4
900	Delta High School	4.2	1.7
900	Gateway High School	4.2	0.8
900	Adrian Wilcox High School	4.2	0.9
900	Alpaugh -Senior High School	4.2	12.5
900	PUC Community Charter Middle and PUC Community Charter Early College High School	4.2	1
900	Arleta High School	4.2	3.7
900	Magnolia Science Academy 3	4.2	4.5
900	Centinela Valley Independent Study	4.2	26.7
900	Trivium Charter	4.2	0
900	Mountain Valley Academy	4.2	3.4
900	New Day Academy	4.2	--
…
2167	Oroville High Community Day	81.8	90.9
2169	Gould Educational Center	82.4	17.2
2170	Come Back Charter	83.7	--
2171	Gateway High School (Continuation)	84.6	36.4
2172	Tulare County Court	85.7	54.1
2173	Dan Jacobs	88.9	86.7
2174	Matrix for Success Academy	89.6	--
2175	Violet Heintz Education Academy	90	66.7
2175	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	90	85.3
2177	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	90.2	90.1
2178	Independence Charter Academy	90.3	6.3
2179	Five Keys Adult School (SF Sheriff's)	91.4	73.8
2180	Highlands Community Charter	91.6	76.2
2181	S.F. County Special Education	91.7	75
2182	SIATech Academy South	92.1	87.7
2183	Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's)	92.4	24.8
2184	Clear Passage Educational Center	92.9	--
2185	Boron Junior-Senior High School	93.2	0
2186	Laytonville High School	93.8	3.2
2187	Five Keys Charter (SF Sheriff's)	95.5	63.3
2188	San Bernardino County Special Education	96.1	47.4
2189	Shasta County Independent Study Charter	97.3	44.3
2190	Family First Charter	98	92.7
2191	New Opportunities Charter	98.2	96.5
2192	Special Education	98.6	--