Pomona Valley News

Park West High School (Continuation)'s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 67.8% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 24.2%, 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
…
1243	Florin High School	7.5	3.9
1243	Discovery High School	7.5	10
1243	Ann Sobrato High School	7.5	2.2
1247	Mountain View (Alternative)	7.6	8.8
1247	Rio Mesa High School	7.6	4.7
1247	Mira Monte High School	7.6	6.5
1250	Loconoma Valley High School	7.7	--
1250	Herlong High School	7.7	13.3
1250	Galt High School	7.7	1.7
1250	Twentynine Palms High School	7.7	4.1
1250	James Lick High School	7.7	13
1250	SLVUSD Charter	7.7	0
1250	Valley Oaks High (Alternative)	7.7	9.1
1250	Harvest High School	7.7	8.3
1250	Mojave Jr./Sr. High School	7.7	2.6
1250	Hanford Online Charter	7.7	--
1250	Solano County Special Education	7.7	0
1250	Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy	7.7	12
1250	Rio Valley Charter	7.7	9
1263	San Lorenzo High School	7.8	4.9
1263	Paradise Senior High School	7.8	3.8
1263	CHAMPS - Charter HS of Arts-Multimedia & Performing	7.8	5.1
1263	Academia Avance Charter	7.8	2.2
1263	Lincoln High School	7.8	4.7
1263	Downtown College Prep - Alum Rock	7.8	5.6
1263	Park West High School (Continuation)	7.8	24.2
1270	McLane High School	7.9	7.8
1270	Raincross High School (Continuation)	7.9	27.9
1270	Grace M. Davis High School	7.9	6.4
1270	Valley Oaks Charter	7.9	6.2
1270	Animo Venice Charter High School	7.9	8.6
1270	Community Collaborative Virtual - Sage Oak Charter	7.9	--
1276	Nathaniel Narbonne Senior High School	8	6.3
1276	Spring Hill High School (Continuation)	8	--
1276	Pacific Collegiate Charter	8	21.4
1276	iHigh Virtual Academy	8	0
1280	Benjamin Franklin Senior High School	8.1	10.6
1280	Escondido Charter High School	8.1	9.7
1280	Vista High School	8.1	9
1283	Mt. Diablo High School	8.2	12
1283	East Bakersfield High School	8.2	10.2
1283	North Point Academy	8.2	14.6
1283	Junipero Serra High School	8.2	3.8
1283	Alvord Continuation High School	8.2	11.3
1283	River Valley Charter	8.2	5.3
1283	Ronald E. McNair High School	8.2	11.1
1283	Ocean Grove Charter	8.2	13
1291	Confluence Continuation High School	8.3	31.4
1291	Chester Junior/Senior High School	8.3	0
1291	Luther Burbank High School	8.3	8.3
1291	Magnolia Science Academy Santa Ana	8.3	7.7
…
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	--