Merced Times

Yosemite High School (Continuation)'s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 59.7% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 37.5%, 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
…
1544	Olive Grove Charter - Santa Barbara	14.3	--
1552	Rancho Vista High School	14.4	20.7
1552	West Adams Preparatory High School	14.4	16.9
1554	Bell Senior High School	14.5	15.2
1554	James Monroe High School	14.5	15.9
1554	Wheatland Union High School	14.5	3.5
1557	Latino College Preparatory Academy	14.6	8
1557	Gateway to College at Laney College	14.6	40.5
1559	Pioneer High School (Continuation)	14.7	6.5
1559	Summit View Independent Study	14.7	23.2
1559	Slover Mountain High School (Continuation)	14.7	18.8
1559	New Valley Continuation High School	14.7	14.1
1559	Camino Nuevo Charter High School	14.7	21.2
1559	Adelanto High School	14.7	12.3
1559	Oakview High (Alternative)	14.7	26.2
1566	Island High School (Continuation)	14.8	14.8
1566	Captain John Continuation High School	14.8	30
1566	Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy School of Technology Business and Education	14.8	10.8
1569	Thomas Jefferson Senior High School	14.9	18.6
1569	East Stanislaus High School	14.9	18.2
1571	North Valley High School (Continuation)	15	38.9
1571	Quincy Junior/Senior High School	15	2.2
1571	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	15	33.8
1571	Olive Grove Charter - Buellton	15	--
1571	Merced Scholars Charter	15	24.2
1576	Yosemite High School (Continuation)	15.1	37.5
1576	Citrus High School	15.1	23.7
1578	Hearthstone School	15.2	15.2
1578	eCademy Charter at Crane	15.2	39.5
1580	Columbus (Christopher) High School	15.3	14.8
1580	Pinnacle Academy Charter - Independent Study	15.3	24.2
1582	Ernest P. Willenberg Special Education Center	15.4	0
1582	Portola-Butler Continuation High School	15.4	65.6
1584	Independence Continuation	15.5	19.4
1584	Independence High School	15.5	19.1
1586	Robert H. Lewis Continuation	15.6	37
1586	Silverado High School	15.6	21.4
1586	Mt. Madonna High School	15.6	13.4
1586	OCCS:CHEP/PCHS	15.6	8.9
1590	Mission Continuation	15.7	27.1
1590	Val Verde High School	15.7	16.1
1592	Venice Senior High School	15.8	13.8
1592	Washington High School	15.8	1.7
1592	Academies of the Antelope Valley	15.8	0
1595	Central Valley High School (Continuation)	15.9	26.5
1595	Mt. San Jacinto High School	15.9	21.2
1595	Perris Lake High School (Continuation)	15.9	15
1595	Delta Keys Charter #2	15.9	8
1599	Vista Alternative	16	13.3
1600	Culver Park High School	16.1	20.8
1600	School for Entrepreneurship and Technology	16.1	1.7
…
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	--