Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 47.8% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 2.3%, 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 | |
| … | ||||
| 769 | Hillsdale High School | 3.2 | 2.7 | |
| 769 | Gilroy High School | 3.2 | 5.5 | |
| 769 | Buhach Colony High School | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
| 769 | San Ysidro High School | 3.2 | 3.8 | |
| 769 | Golden Valley High School | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
| 769 | Mission Early College High School | 3.2 | 4.3 | |
| 769 | Asawa (Ruth) SF Sch of the Arts A Public School | 3.2 | 6 | |
| 783 | Las Lomas High School | 3.3 | 1.3 | |
| 783 | De Anza High School | 3.3 | 2.6 | |
| 783 | Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies | 3.3 | 2.1 | |
| 783 | Ganesha High School | 3.3 | 6.4 | |
| 783 | La Entrada High School | 3.3 | 3.9 | |
| 783 | Oakmont High School | 3.3 | 5.9 | |
| 783 | Elk Grove High School | 3.3 | 2.7 | |
| 783 | San Bernardino High School | 3.3 | 7 | |
| 783 | Serrano High School | 3.3 | 5.7 | |
| 783 | Los Altos High School | 3.3 | 0.9 | |
| 783 | Fred C. Beyer High School | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
| 783 | Hughson High School | 3.3 | 3.5 | |
| 783 | Discovery Charter Preparatory School #2 | 3.3 | 10.4 | |
| 783 | Inspire School of Arts and Sciences | 3.3 | 9.9 | |
| 797 | Biggs High School | 3.4 | 0 | |
| 797 | Willow High School | 3.4 | 22.2 | |
| 797 | Central High East Campus | 3.4 | 2.2 | |
| 797 | Garey High School | 3.4 | 6.9 | |
| 797 | Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design | 3.4 | 2.3 | |
| 797 | South Pasadena Senior High School | 3.4 | 7.2 | |
| 797 | Bolsa Grande High School | 3.4 | 8.6 | |
| 797 | Chula Vista Senior High School | 3.4 | 3 | |
| 797 | Burney Junior-Senior High School | 3.4 | 3.3 | |
| 797 | MIT Academy | 3.4 | 3.8 | |
| 797 | Leadership Public Schools: Richmond | 3.4 | 2.4 | |
| 797 | Gorman Learning Charter San Bernardino/Santa Clarita | 3.4 | — | |
| 797 | Dimensions Collaborative | 3.4 | — | |
| 810 | Millikan High School | 3.5 | 5.7 | |
| 810 | Vasquez High School | 3.5 | 3 | |
| 810 | Atwater High School | 3.5 | 5.2 | |
| 810 | Granite Bay High School | 3.5 | 2.9 | |
| 810 | Canyon Springs High School | 3.5 | 4.4 | |
| 810 | San Pasqual High School | 3.5 | 1.5 | |
| 810 | Hilltop Senior High School | 3.5 | 6.6 | |
| 810 | Woodlake High School | 3.5 | 0.8 | |
| 810 | Envision Academy for Arts & Technology | 3.5 | 4.6 | |
| 810 | Pacheco High School | 3.5 | 2.4 | |
| 810 | Linda Esperanza Marquez High A Huntington Park Institute of Applied Medicine | 3.5 | 5.9 | |
| 810 | Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High School | 3.5 | 4.9 | |
| 822 | Calaveras Unified Alternative-Sierra Hills Education Center | 3.6 | 5.7 | |
| 822 | Centennial High School | 3.6 | 2.8 | |
| 822 | Highland High School | 3.6 | 4.4 | |
| 822 | Rosamond High Early College Campus | 3.6 | 6 | |
| 822 | Agoura High School | 3.6 | 3.5 | |
| … | ||||
| 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 | — | |
