Merced Times

Crossroads Alternative Education Center's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 288.9% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 2.7%, 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
…
1393	Winters High School	10	3.7
1394	Palmdale High School	10.1	4.9
1394	Jordan High School	10.1	10.5
1394	Canoga Park Senior High School	10.1	12.3
1394	North Salinas High School	10.1	2.4
1394	West Shores High School	10.1	7.7
1394	Lopez Continuation High School	10.1	4.3
1394	Hueneme High School	10.1	10
1401	Hollywood Senior High School	10.2	11
1401	Monte Vista High School	10.2	0
1401	San Antonio High School (Continuation)	10.2	34.6
1401	Alpha Cindy Avitia High School	10.2	--
1401	Learning Choice Academy	10.2	0.9
1406	Julian High School	10.3	4.9
1406	Charter School of San Diego	10.3	7
1406	21st Century Learning Institute	10.3	15.4
1409	Monterey High School (Continuation)	10.4	6.7
1409	Silverado High School	10.4	21.4
1409	Humanities and Arts (HARTS) Academy of Los Angeles	10.4	13
1412	Coleville High School	10.5	7.7
1412	Dickens (Billy Joe) High School (Continuation)	10.5	8.3
1412	Santee Education Complex	10.5	13
1412	UCLA Community K-12	10.5	13.7
1412	Cesar E. Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy	10.5	8.3
1412	Sentinel High School	10.5	8.3
1412	Crossroads Alternative Education Center	10.5	2.7
1419	O'Connell (John) High School	10.6	8.8
1420	Valor Academy High School	10.7	0
1421	Roosevelt High School	10.8	6.3
1421	East Bay Arts High School	10.8	12.5
1421	School of Business and Tourism at Contreras Learning Complex	10.8	21.3
1421	Alta Vista Alternative High School	10.8	9.5
1421	Public Service Community at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	10.8	10
1421	Condor High School	10.8	14.1
1427	Gardena Senior High School	10.9	12.4
1427	Sierra Vista High (Alternative)	10.9	17.1
1427	La Cuesta Continuation High School	10.9	22
1427	Lifeline Education Charter	10.9	9.8
1427	Social Justice Leadership Academy at Esteban E. Torres High No. 5	10.9	7.7
1432	Mojave High School	11	15.2
1432	Fairfield High School	11	11.7
1432	Montgomery High School	11	5.6
1432	Audeo Charter	11	9.9
1432	Alvord Alternative Continuation High School	11	18
1437	Natural High School (Continuation)	11.1	13.6
1437	Borrego Springs High School	11.1	7.7
1437	Shandon High School	11.1	4.5
1437	Sequoia High School	11.1	5.1
1437	William C. Overfelt High School	11.1	12.9
1437	Weed High School	11.1	2.9
1437	California City High School	11.1	10.5
…
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	--