San Diego City Wire

Health Sciences High School's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year remains unchanged compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 0.6%, 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
…
223	Orthopaedic Hospital	0.5	2.4
223	Heritage High School	0.5	0.3
223	John F. Kennedy High School	0.5	2.4
223	Frontier High School	0.5	17.4
223	Hector G. Godinez	0.5	1.6
223	Murrieta Mesa High School	0.5	0.4
245	Firebaugh High School	0.6	2.4
245	Corcoran High School	0.6	0.6
245	Northview High School	0.6	0.9
245	Warren (Earl) High School	0.6	1.6
245	Temple City High School	0.6	1.1
245	Torrance High School	0.6	0
245	Saugus High School	0.6	1.6
245	Walnut High School	0.6	0.6
245	Delhi High School	0.6	1.1
245	Esperanza High School	0.6	1.4
245	Rancho Verde High School	0.6	1
245	Cordova High School	0.6	2
245	Morse High School	0.6	2.8
245	Red Bluff High School	0.6	1.7
245	Exeter Union High School	0.6	2.3
245	Farmersville High School	0.6	0
245	Irvine High School	0.6	1.2
245	Rancho Campana High School	0.6	0.8
245	Vaughn Next Century Learning Center	0.6	2.8
245	Health Sciences High School	0.6	0.6
265	Livermore High School	0.7	0.9
265	Monte Vista High School	0.7	0
265	Sanger High School	0.7	0.7
265	Hanford West High School	0.7	1.4
265	Pasadena High School	0.7	1.1
265	Marina High School	0.7	1.9
265	Palm Desert High School	0.7	1.5
265	Rancho Bernardo High School	0.7	0.2
265	Eastlake High School	0.7	1.6
265	Oceana High School	0.7	1.3
265	Saratoga High School	0.7	0.6
265	Roseland Charter	0.7	4.5
265	KIPP King Collegiate High School	0.7	1.7
265	Lathrop High School	0.7	1
265	Linda Esperanza Marquez High B LIBRA Academy	0.7	0.7
280	Dublin High School	0.8	0.7
280	Amador Valley High School	0.8	0.3
280	Riverdale High School	0.8	0.7
280	San Gabriel High School	0.8	0.7
280	Gladstone High School	0.8	2.1
280	Charter Oak High School	0.8	0
280	Downey High School	0.8	0.8
280	Aliso Niguel High School	0.8	0.8
280	La Habra High School	0.8	0.4
280	Los Alamitos High School	0.8	0.6
…
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	--