Pomona High School’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 34.6% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 8.1%, 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 | |
| … | ||||
| 1007 | Jefferson High School | 5.1 | 10.6 | |
| 1007 | Santa Clara High School | 5.1 | 4.8 | |
| 1007 | Modesto High School | 5.1 | 4.9 | |
| 1007 | Colony High School | 5.1 | 7.2 | |
| 1007 | Heritage Peak Charter | 5.1 | 10.9 | |
| 1007 | CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. | 5.1 | 16.7 | |
| 1016 | Hawthorne High School | 5.2 | 6.7 | |
| 1016 | Lawndale High School | 5.2 | 4.9 | |
| 1016 | Leuzinger High School | 5.2 | 4.4 | |
| 1016 | San Pedro Senior High School | 5.2 | 5.8 | |
| 1016 | Lynwood High School | 5.2 | 6.4 | |
| 1016 | Santa Ana High School | 5.2 | 4.8 | |
| 1016 | Norte Vista High School | 5.2 | 4.6 | |
| 1016 | Highlands High School | 5.2 | 7.2 | |
| 1016 | Fontana A. B. Miller High School | 5.2 | 8.1 | |
| 1016 | Abraham Lincoln High School | 5.2 | 2.3 | |
| 1016 | Thomas Downey High School | 5.2 | 4.4 | |
| 1016 | Murrieta Canyon Academy | 5.2 | 7.2 | |
| 1016 | Lighthouse Community Charter High School | 5.2 | — | |
| 1016 | Independence High School | 5.2 | 19.1 | |
| 1016 | Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School of Social Justice | 5.2 | 5.7 | |
| 1016 | Encinal Junior/Senior High School | 5.2 | 3.9 | |
| 1032 | Newark Memorial High School | 5.3 | 5 | |
| 1032 | South High School | 5.3 | 4 | |
| 1032 | Verdugo Hills Senior High School | 5.3 | 3.3 | |
| 1032 | Pomona High School | 5.3 | 8.1 | |
| 1032 | C. K. McClatchy High School | 5.3 | 7.5 | |
| 1032 | Valhalla High School | 5.3 | 2.8 | |
| 1032 | San Jose High School | 5.3 | 5 | |
| 1032 | Aptos High School | 5.3 | 3 | |
| 1032 | Peter Johansen High School | 5.3 | 6.6 | |
| 1032 | South East High School | 5.3 | 6.5 | |
| 1032 | Marina High School | 5.3 | 1.9 | |
| 1032 | Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA) | 5.3 | 0 | |
| 1044 | John Swett High School | 5.4 | 7.8 | |
| 1044 | Bullard High School | 5.4 | 3.3 | |
| 1044 | Paramount High School | 5.4 | 5.2 | |
| 1044 | Lincoln High School | 5.4 | 4.7 | |
| 1044 | Susan H. Nelson | 5.4 | 9 | |
| 1044 | Santana High School | 5.4 | 6 | |
| 1044 | Southwest Senior High School | 5.4 | 5.8 | |
| 1044 | Live Oak High School | 5.4 | 5.5 | |
| 1044 | Creekside High School | 5.4 | 13.9 | |
| 1044 | Valley International Preparatory High School | 5.4 | — | |
| 1054 | John F. Kennedy High School | 5.5 | 2.4 | |
| 1054 | Willits High School | 5.5 | 17.3 | |
| 1054 | Valley High School | 5.5 | 10.9 | |
| 1054 | Oceanside High School | 5.5 | 7 | |
| 1054 | Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High School | 5.5 | 5.6 | |
| 1059 | Moreno High School (Continuation) | 5.6 | 11.8 | |
| 1059 | Corona del Mar High School | 5.6 | 2.8 | |
| … | ||||
| 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 | — | |
