Palomares Academy of Health Science’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 1.9% compared to the previous school year, 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 | |
| … | ||||
| 469 | Academy of Careers and Exploration | 1.7 | 3.8 | |
| 469 | Del Norte High School | 1.7 | 0.6 | |
| 469 | Alliance Ted K. Tajima High School | 1.7 | 3.1 | |
| 469 | Samueli Academy | 1.7 | 1.6 | |
| 469 | Academy of Medical Arts at Carson High School | 1.7 | 1.9 | |
| 469 | Orange Vista High School | 1.7 | — | |
| 469 | Denair High School | 1.7 | 3.2 | |
| 498 | Acalanes High School | 1.8 | 1.9 | |
| 498 | Baldwin Park High School | 1.8 | 2.8 | |
| 498 | Downtown Business High School | 1.8 | 2.7 | |
| 498 | Temescal Canyon High School | 1.8 | 1.5 | |
| 498 | Mission Bay High School | 1.8 | 0 | |
| 498 | Lompoc High School | 1.8 | 2.8 | |
| 498 | Los Gatos High School | 1.8 | 3.2 | |
| 498 | Westlake High School | 1.8 | 1.1 | |
| 498 | Independence High School | 1.8 | 19.1 | |
| 498 | California Military Institute | 1.8 | 1 | |
| 498 | Summit High School | 1.8 | 3.8 | |
| 498 | Marco Antonio Firebaugh High School | 1.8 | 6.6 | |
| 498 | Antelope High School | 1.8 | 2.9 | |
| 498 | Sierra Pacific High School | 1.8 | 1.3 | |
| 498 | Riverside STEM Academy | 1.8 | 0 | |
| 498 | California Academy of Mathematics and Science | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
| 514 | Concord High School | 1.9 | 2.1 | |
| 514 | Sierra Vista High School | 1.9 | 1.6 | |
| 514 | Palomares Academy of Health Science | 1.9 | 0 | |
| 514 | Canyon High School | 1.9 | 0.8 | |
| 514 | El Modena High School | 1.9 | 5.3 | |
| 514 | Etiwanda High School | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| 514 | Chino High School | 1.9 | 3.4 | |
| 514 | Madison High School | 1.9 | 0.9 | |
| 514 | Terra Nova High School | 1.9 | 3 | |
| 514 | Cabrillo High School | 1.9 | 14.6 | |
| 514 | Enterprise High School | 1.9 | 60 | |
| 514 | Weber Institute | 1.9 | 1.1 | |
| 514 | Steele Canyon High School | 1.9 | 0.6 | |
| 514 | Academy of the Canyons | 1.9 | 0 | |
| 514 | Angelo Rodriguez High School | 1.9 | 3 | |
| 514 | Arroyo Valley High School | 1.9 | 3.3 | |
| 514 | Cesar E. Chavez High School | 1.9 | 19.8 | |
| 514 | River Valley High School | 1.9 | 3.7 | |
| 514 | Family Partnership Home Study Charter | 1.9 | 14.5 | |
| 514 | San Juan Hills High School | 1.9 | 1 | |
| 514 | Eunice Sato Academy of Math & Science | 1.9 | — | |
| 514 | Accelerated Charter High School | 1.9 | 10.7 | |
| 514 | Maywood Center for Enriched Studies | 1.9 | — | |
| 537 | Castro Valley High School | 2 | 1 | |
| 537 | Pierce High School | 2 | 0 | |
| 537 | Buchanan High School | 2 | 1.5 | |
| 537 | Norwalk High School | 2 | 1.4 | |
| 537 | West High School | 2 | 6.3 | |
| … | ||||
| 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 | — | |
