Chico Times

Esperanza High School (Continuation)'s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 62.5% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 56.3%, 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
…
1715	Banning Independent Study	20	14.9
1715	Crescent View South II	20	23.5
1715	Olive Grove Charter - Orcutt/Santa Maria	20	--
1715	Evergreen High School	20	18.8
1715	SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy - EGUSD	20	--
1725	Valley Vista High School (Continuation)	20.1	19.4
1726	Sequoia High School	20.2	5.1
1726	Contreras Learning Center-Academic Leadership Community	20.2	16.2
1726	S.F. International High School	20.2	16.1
1726	Contreras Learning Center-School of Social Justice	20.2	20
1726	Empire Springs Charter	20.2	11.1
1731	Charter Community School Home Study Academy	20.3	18.4
1732	George and Evelyn Stein Continuation	20.5	11.9
1732	Ambassador-Global Leadership	20.5	12
1734	Sierra High School	20.6	0
1734	La Familia Continuation High School	20.6	25.3
1734	Palomar High School	20.6	12.6
1734	Ocean Shores High School (Continuation)	20.6	42.3
1738	North Monterey County Center for Independent Study	20.7	20.8
1738	Del Puerto High School	20.7	19.4
1740	Central Unified Alternative/Opportunity	20.8	13.2
1741	Tennyson High School	20.9	19.8
1741	Coronado High School (Continuation)	20.9	11.8
1741	Alessandro High School	20.9	18.6
1744	Rudsdale Continuation	21	8.4
1745	Esperanza High School (Continuation)	21.1	56.3
1745	California Virtual Academy at Kings	21.1	31
1747	San Andreas Continuation High School	21.2	29.4
1748	Brenkwitz High School	21.3	26.4
1749	Sonoma County Special Education	21.4	20
1749	Tulare Technical Preparatory High School	21.4	34.8
1749	Life Learning Academy Charter	21.4	23.1
1752	Marie L. Hare High School	21.5	15.8
1752	School of Extended Educational Options	21.5	27.3
1754	Tri-C Community Day	21.7	32.3
1755	Prospects High (Alternative)	21.8	21.6
1755	New Designs Charter School-Watts	21.8	31.5
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
…
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	--