West SBV Times

Valley View High School (Continuation)'s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 38% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 37.4%, 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
…
1757	Independence High (Alternative)	21.9	16.2
1757	Oak Glen High School	21.9	18.8
1759	Foothills High School	22	21.4
1760	Communication and Technology at Diego Rivera Learning Complex	22.1	12.7
1761	HomeTech Charter	22.2	29.2
1761	Chaparral High School (Continuation)	22.2	24.1
1761	Insight @ San Diego	22.2	27.3
1761	MERIT Academy	22.2	30
1765	John R. Wooden High School	22.4	15.7
1766	Crescent Valley Public Charter II	22.5	23.6
1767	School of Unlimited Learning	22.7	46.8
1767	McClellan High School (Continuation)	22.7	40.5
1767	Big Picture Educational Academy	22.7	15.8
1767	Riverside County Education Academy	22.7	17
1767	Northern United - Siskiyou Charter	22.7	--
1767	Vista Real Charter High School	22.7	25.3
1773	John F. Kennedy High School	22.8	2.4
1774	Independence High (Alternative)	22.9	16.2
1775	San Antonio Continuation	23	42.2
1775	Citrus High School (Continuation)	23	33.3
1775	Abraxas Continuation High School	23	4.1
1778	Monroe High School (Continuation)	23.1	42.9
1778	Hillside Junior/Senior High School	23.1	--
1778	Mountain View High School (Continuation)	23.1	41.2
1778	Stanislaus County Special Education	23.1	23.5
1782	Valley View High School (Continuation)	23.2	37.4
1782	Tierra Del Sol Continuation High School	23.2	23.3
1784	Diego Hills Central Public Charter	23.3	28.6
1784	Independent Study Sojourner Truth	23.3	26.9
1786	Capital City Independent Study	23.4	26.9
1787	Elsie Allen High School	23.5	18.2
1787	Gorman Learning Center	23.5	10
1787	San Jose Conservation Corps Charter	23.5	45.1
1790	Vista High School	23.7	9
1790	Bidwell Continuation High School	23.7	29.9
1792	Silver Springs High School (Continuation)	23.8	25.7
1792	National University Academy 1001 STEAM	23.8	--
1792	Santa Clara County Special Education	23.8	90.1
1795	Harris Newmark Continuation	23.9	22.9
1795	Napa County Community	23.9	20
1797	San Antonio High School (Continuation)	24	34.6
1797	Richard A. Alonzo Community Day	24	35.5
1797	Assurance Learning Academy	24	22.4
1800	Elinor Lincoln Hickey Jr./Sr. High School	24.1	42
1800	San Diego Workforce Innovation High School	24.1	24.5
1802	Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School	24.2	25.4
1803	Fair View High School (Continuation)	24.3	21.1
1803	R. K. Lloyde High School	24.3	30.9
1803	Valley High School (Continuation)	24.3	33.3
1803	Downtown High School	24.3	18.3
1807	Whitman Continuation	24.4	42.9
…
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	--