Merced Times

Westside High School drop-out rate in the 2017-18 school year decreased by 38.4 percent compared to the previous school year’s drop-out rate of 21.1, according to the California Department of Education.

CDE data shows that graduation and dropout rates continue to confirm that 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 drop-out rates. Individually tailored student support is one way that has been 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	2016-17 Drop-out rate
1	Millennium High Alternative	0	0
1	Piedmont High School	0	0
1	Amador County Special Education	0	--
1	Biggs High School	0	6.5
1	Durham High School	0	1.2
1	Maxwell Sr High School	0	3.4
1	Pierce High School	0	1
1	Mid Valley High School (Continuation)	0	11.8
1	Miramonte High School	0	0.7
1	Middle College High School	0	0
1	California High School	0	0.2
1	Monte Vista High School	0	0.5
1	Kingsburg High School	0	0.8
1	Parlier High School	0	1.5
1	Sierra High School	0	0
1	Hamilton High School	0	0
1	Princeton Junior-Senior High School	0	--
1	McKinleyville High School	0	4.7
1	Hoopa Valley High School	0	0
1	South Fork Junior - Senior High School	0	2.7
1	Ferndale High School	0	0
1	Big Pine High School	0	--
1	Bishop Union High School	0	1.5
1	Boron Junior-Senior High School	0	2.4
1	Desert Junior-Senior High School	0	0
…
1451	Adelanto High School	12.3	8.3
1451	Horizon Charter	12.3	21.8
1457	Gardena Senior High School	12.4	8.4
1458	Kings Lake Education Center	12.5	20
1458	New Horizon High School	12.5	15.9
1458	Kinney High School (Continuation)	12.5	36.9
1458	Alpaugh -Senior High School	12.5	26.1
1458	East Bay Arts High School	12.5	2.9
1463	Palomar High School	12.6	26
1463	Broadway High School	12.6	14.4
1463	San Diego Business/Leadership	12.6	6.1
1466	Richland Continuation High School	12.7	12.2
1466	Conejo Valley High School (Continuation)	12.7	9.7
1466	Salinas Community	12.7	39.8
1466	Communication and Technology at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	12.7	17.2
1470	Twain High School	12.8	9.9
1470	Yerba Buena High School	12.8	12.3
1470	Ridgway High School (Continuation)	12.8	24.1
1473	Fortuna Union High School	12.9	8.7
1473	ABC Secondary School (Alternative)	12.9	22.9
1473	SVUSD Virtual Academy (Alternative)	12.9	10.5
1473	Stagg Senior High School	12.9	13.8
1473	William C. Overfelt High School	12.9	11.9
1478	Briones (Alternative)	13	18.2
1478	Lower Lake High School	13	8.6
1478	Westside High School	13	21.1
1478	Andrew P. Hill High School	13	10.7
1478	James Lick High School	13	12.1
1478	Mt. Shasta High School	13	1.2
1478	Santee Education Complex	13	10.5
1478	Ocean Grove Charter	13	7.1
1478	Dunlap Leadership Academy	13	6.7
1478	Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles	13	7.8
1488	Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity	13.2	12.5
1489	Vista Alternative	13.3	43.8
1489	Richard H. Lewis Alternative	13.3	28.6
1489	Herlong High School	13.3	5.9
1489	Oak View High School	13.3	5.6
1489	Engineering and Technology Academy at Esteban E. Torres High No. 3	13.3	13.4
1489	Ortega High School	13.3	5.2
1495	Abraham Lincoln Senior High School	13.4	11.9
1495	Glen View High School	13.4	16.9
1495	Mt. Madonna High School	13.4	13.5
1498	IvyTech Charter	13.5	28.6
1499	Vallecito Continuation High School	13.6	12.9
1499	Nueva Continuation High School	13.6	15.5
1499	Natural High School (Continuation)	13.6	20.7
1499	La Vista High School (Continuation)	13.6	12.1
1499	Vista High School (Continuation)	13.6	18.5
1499	Apollo High School	13.6	74.4
1505	Owensmouth Continuation	13.7	31.6
…
2150	Santa Cruz County Court	74.3	36.6
2151	S.F. County Special Education	75	--
2152	San Diego County Court	75.3	78.3
2153	San Bernardino County Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center	75.7	68.9
2154	Highlands Community Charter	76.2	60.9
2155	Solano County Community	76.5	78.9
2156	MethodSchools	77.8	45.8
2157	Center for Alternative Learning	78.9	78.9
2158	Gateway College and Career Academy	81.6	40.4
2159	Clovis Community Day Secondary School	83.3	--
2160	Sonoma County Court	84.6	67.6
2161	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	85.3	63.5
2162	Dan Jacobs	86.7	--
2162	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	86.7	--
2164	SIATech Academy South	87.7	55.2
2165	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	88.9	36.4
2166	Opportunity Youth Academy	89.1	42.6
2167	Hart-Ransom Academic Charter	89.5	4.5
2168	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	90.1	90.1
2168	Santa Clara County Special Education	90.1	20.3
2170	Siskiyou County Special Education	90.9	--
2170	Oroville High Community Day	90.9	90.9
2172	Family First Charter	92.7	71.6
2173	Civicorps Corpsmember Academy	93.3	31.8
2174	New Opportunities Charter	96.5	93.8