Pomona Unified School District’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 39.4 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 9.4 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 |
| … | |||
| 214 | Riverbank Unified | 5 | 7.6 |
| 214 | Simi Valley Unified | 5 | 4.6 |
| 219 | Lakeport Unified | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 219 | Anaheim Union High | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 221 | Alameda Unified | 5.2 | 3.5 |
| 221 | Monrovia Unified | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 221 | Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified | 5.2 | 2.6 |
| 221 | Pacific Grove Unified | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| 221 | Apple Valley Unified | 5.2 | 6.7 |
| 226 | Del Norte County Unified | 5.3 | 3 |
| 226 | Azusa Unified | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 226 | Santa Ana Unified | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 226 | Sweetwater Union High | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 226 | Lodi Unified | 5.3 | 8.5 |
| 231 | William S. Hart Union High | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| 231 | Snowline Joint Unified | 5.4 | 8.9 |
| 231 | Hesperia Unified | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 234 | Fremont Unified | 5.5 | 2.1 |
| 234 | Amador County Unified | 5.5 | 3.9 |
| 234 | Escondido Union High | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 237 | Pierce Joint Unified | 5.6 | 1.8 |
| 237 | Eureka City Schools | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 237 | Sierra Sands Unified | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 240 | John Swett Unified | 5.7 | 9.6 |
| 240 | Tehachapi Unified | 5.7 | 9.3 |
| 240 | Pomona Unified | 5.7 | 9.4 |
| 240 | Shoreline Unified | 5.7 | 6.7 |
| 240 | Monterey Peninsula Unified | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 240 | California School for the Deaf-Riverside (State Special Schl) | 5.7 | 2 |
| 240 | Bear Valley Unified | 5.7 | 7.8 |
| 240 | West Sonoma County Union High | 5.7 | 3 |
| 248 | Capistrano Unified | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 248 | Perris Union High | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| 248 | Chaffey Joint Union High | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 248 | Waterford Unified | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 252 | Redondo Beach Unified | 5.9 | 1.3 |
| 252 | Nevada Joint Union High | 5.9 | 7 |
| 252 | Paso Robles Joint Unified | 5.9 | 6.5 |
| 252 | Siskiyou Union High | 5.9 | 15.6 |
| 252 | Healdsburg Unified | 5.9 | 3.3 |
| 252 | Oakdale Joint Unified | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| 252 | Esparto Unified | 5.9 | 2.2 |
| 259 | Pittsburg Unified | 6 | 6 |
| 259 | Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified | 6 | 4.2 |
| 261 | Kern High | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 261 | Lemoore Union High | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 261 | Turlock Unified | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 264 | Newport-Mesa Unified | 6.2 | 5 |
| 264 | Upland Unified | 6.2 | 3.6 |
| 264 | Patterson Joint Unified | 6.2 | 7.2 |
| 267 | Lone Pine Unified | 6.3 | 14.8 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
