Merced Times

Madera County Independent Academy's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 203% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 26.4%, 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
1	Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Preparatory and Transition Center	0	0
…
2116	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto	55.6	36.8
2118	Come Back Butte Charter	55.9	55.4
2119	Goodwill High School	56.3	59.1
2119	Urban Corps of San Diego County Charter	56.3	41.1
2119	County Collaborative Charter	56.3	38
2122	EPIC Charter (Excellence Performance Innovation Citizenship)	56.5	37.5
2123	ACCESS Juvenile Hall	56.6	56.9
2124	Central Juvenile Hall	56.8	68.9
2125	Juvenile Hall (Endeavor/Voyager Secondary)	57.1	--
2126	California School for the Deaf-Fremont	57.4	2.6
2127	Whitney Young Continuation	57.5	51.7
2128	Community Collaborative Charter	57.8	36.4
2129	Riverside County Community	58.2	57.6
2130	Golden Gate Community Charter	58.9	37.5
2131	Sonoma County Court	60	84.6
2132	SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy	60.9	61.6
2132	IvyTech Charter	60.9	13.5
2134	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	61.1	88.9
2135	Southern Humboldt Community	61.5	--
2136	California Virtual Academy at Fresno	62.2	--
2136	Goodwill Independent Study	62.2	--
2138	La Vista Center	62.5	40.9
2139	Deep Creek Academy	63.3	30.6
2140	Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert	63.6	18.2
2141	Thurgood Marshall	64.2	25.6
2142	S.F. County Court Woodside Learning Ctr	64.3	44.4
2143	Community School/Independent Alternative Education	64.9	52.9
2144	Estrellita Continuation High School	65.4	14.3
2145	Learning Works	65.5	36.1
2146	Stanislaus County West Campus	66.7	60.4
2146	Esperanza High School	66.7	1.4
2146	Pivot Charter School - North Bay	66.7	--
2149	Imperial Pathways Charter	67	58
2150	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	67.1	86.7
2151	Alameda County Juvenile Hall/Court	67.5	65.6
2152	San Diego County Court	67.8	75.3
2153	San Bernardino County Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center	69.4	75.7
2154	Success One!	69.9	55.4
2155	YouthBuild Charter School of California	70.5	44.7
2156	Empower Generations	71.4	64.7
2157	Petersen Alternative Center for Education	73	72.3
2158	Alice M. Worsley	73.6	63
2159	Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne	73.7	--
2160	Stanislaus County Institute of Learning	73.8	44.8
2161	MethodSchools	76	77.8
2162	Harry P B Carden	76.5	59.1
2163	La Sierra High (Alternative)	78.3	30.4
2164	Thomas E. Mathews Community	80	69.2
2164	Madera County Independent Academy	80	26.4
2166	SIATech	81.4	69.9
2167	Marin's Community	81.8	45.2
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	--