Merced Times

Merced County Office of Education School District's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 2.2 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 44.6 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

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	District	Drop-out rate	2018-19 Drop-out rate
1	Piedmont City Unified	0	1
1	Emery Unified	0	2.7
1	Amador County Office of Education	0	19
1	Durham Unified	0	0
1	Williams Unified	0	2.9
1	Buckeye Union Elementary	0	0
1	Princeton Joint Unified	0	0
1	Ferndale Unified	0	0
1	El Tejon Unified	0	3.8
1	El Segundo Unified	0	0.7
1	Hawthorne	0	0
1	La Canada Unified	0	0.6
1	Calistoga Joint Unified	0	4
1	Laguna Beach Unified	0	3.3
1	Nuview Union	0	3.2
1	Menifee Union Elementary	0	0
1	Templeton Unified	0	1.4
1	Redding Elementary	0	14.3
1	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified	0	0
1	Scott Valley Unified	0	1.6
1	Twin Hills Union Elementary	0	55.2
1	Nuestro Elementary	0	0
1	Mountain Valley Unified	0	0
1	Oak Park Unified	0	0.9
25	Manhattan Beach Unified	0.2	0.2
26	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	0.5	0.3
…
451	Butte County Office of Education	22.4	20.9
452	Baldwin Park Unified	22.6	24.3
452	Ventura County Office of Education	22.6	24.9
454	Lucerne Valley Unified	23.4	19.7
454	Vallejo City Unified	23.4	20.9
456	Gorman Joint	23.5	10
456	Napa County Office of Education	23.5	19.3
458	Julian Union Elementary	23.6	22.5
459	Vista Unified	23.9	20
460	Borrego Springs Unified	24	24.7
461	Maricopa Unified	24.8	28.9
462	West Park Elementary	25	19
462	Kings County Office of Education	25	43.5
462	Round Valley Unified	25	12.1
462	Potter Valley Community Unified	25	15.4
466	Stone Corral Elementary	25.2	29.4
467	Orange County Department of Education	26.9	30.1
468	San Joaquin County Office of Education	27.9	32
469	Helendale Elementary	28.2	28.8
470	Placer County Office of Education	28.3	17.9
471	Los Angeles County Office of Education	28.6	36.6
471	Alpaugh Unified	28.6	34.1
473	Spencer Valley Elementary	29.8	21.1
474	Westwood Unified	30.8	40.9
475	San Francisco Unified	30.9	11.2
476	Muroc Joint Unified	31.8	0
476	Warner Unified	31.8	23.8
478	Monterey County Office of Education	31.9	12.2
479	Kern County Office of Education	32.5	37.8
480	Humboldt County Office of Education	32.6	34
481	Trinity County Office of Education	33.3	27.1
482	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	35	27.2
482	Dehesa Elementary	35	32.1
484	Alameda County Office of Education	35.2	36.2
485	Jefferson Elementary	35.7	37.1
486	Riverside County Office of Education	36.1	45.9
487	Colusa County Office of Education	36.4	35.7
488	SBE - Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc	39	--
489	San Bernardino County Office of Education	39.6	57.7
490	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	40	49.3
491	Fresno County Office of Education	40.8	43.3
492	Raisin City Elementary	41.5	42.1
493	San Diego County Office of Education	41.7	50.7
494	Merced County Office of Education	43.6	44.6
495	Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools	47.1	5.9
496	Mendocino County Office of Education	47.4	38.9
497	Tulare County Office of Education	48.3	41.9
498	Liberty Elementary	49.4	42.2
499	Stanislaus County Office of Education	49.5	43.3
500	Sonoma County Office of Education	52.6	68.4
501	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	52.8	54.5
502	Meridian Elementary	53.1	48.3
503	Mono County Office of Education	53.4	39.6
504	Solano County Office of Education	53.6	71
505	Yuba County Office of Education	53.8	47.2
506	Centinela Valley Union High	56.7	38.7
507	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	57.4	2.6
508	Mattole Unified	58.3	18.5
509	Inyo County Office of Education	58.6	41.8
510	Orange Center	60	32.6
511	Adelanto Elementary	61.5	43.9
512	Glenn County Office of Education	61.6	52.1
513	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	62.1	29.2
514	Vallecitos Elementary	64.3	15.2
515	San Francisco County Office of Education	65.2	52.6
516	Yolo County Office of Education	67.4	65.5
517	Imperial County Office of Education	67.7	54.2
518	Nevada County Office of Education	70.2	61.9
519	Oak Grove Union Elementary	72.2	37.6
520	Trona Joint Unified	79.7	68.8
521	Marin County Office of Education	83.6	42.6
522	Bradley Union Elementary	86.4	82.1
523	Guerneville Elementary	86.5	60.7
524	Cuyama Joint Unified	89.9	79
525	Laytonville Unified	93.8	3.2
525	Shasta County Office of Education	93.8	45.1