Solano Sun

Ernest Kimme Charter Academy for Independent Learning's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 29.6% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 23%, 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
…
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
1600	PUC Early College Academy for Leaders and Scholars (ECALS)	16.1	5.8
1603	Ernest Kimme Charter Academy for Independent Learning	16.2	23
1604	Yolo High School	16.3	26.2
1604	Pivot Charter School - San Diego II	16.3	--
1604	Mirus Secondary School	16.3	12
1607	Bonsall High School	16.4	14.1
1607	College and Career Preparatory Academy	16.4	34.5
1609	ICEF View Park Preparatory Charter High School	16.5	11.5
1609	Moreno Valley Online Academy	16.5	18.7
1611	Greenwood Academy	16.6	28
1612	Berkeley Technology Academy	16.7	43.2
1612	Pershing Continuation High School	16.7	23.1
1612	Arrow High School (Continuation)	16.7	14.9
1612	Cheviot Hills Continuation	16.7	24.6
1612	San Juan Choices Charter	16.7	18.8
1612	All Tribes Charter	16.7	25
1612	Acalanes Center for Independent Study	16.7	13.8
1612	Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy	16.7	4.3
1620	Delta High School	16.8	1.7
1621	Jane Frederick High School	16.9	22.5
1621	IDEA Center	16.9	3.8
1621	Peninsula High School (Continuation)	16.9	21.6
1624	Frontier High School	17.1	17.4
1625	Amistad High School (Continuation)	17.2	25.6
1625	Summit High School (Continuation)	17.2	20.2
1625	California Virtual Academy at Maricopa	17.2	--
1628	Mendota High School	17.3	18.1
…
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	--