Milpitas Unified School District’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 60.7 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 2.8 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 |
| … | |||
| 166 | South Pasadena Unified | 3.9 | 7.2 |
| 166 | Novato Unified | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 166 | Coronado Unified | 3.9 | 7 |
| 169 | New Haven Unified | 4 | 4.1 |
| 169 | Chawanakee Unified | 4 | 3.2 |
| 169 | Merced Union High | 4 | 6.7 |
| 169 | San Mateo Union High | 4 | 3.4 |
| 169 | Winship-Robbins | 4 | 2.5 |
| 174 | Orange Unified | 4.1 | 5.3 |
| 174 | Elk Grove Unified | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| 174 | San Diego Unified | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 177 | Moreno Valley Unified | 4.2 | 6.2 |
| 177 | Palo Alto Unified | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 179 | Las Virgenes Unified | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 179 | Anderson Valley Unified | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| 179 | Fort Bragg Unified | 4.3 | 7.7 |
| 179 | Lucia Mar Unified | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| 179 | Lompoc Unified | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 179 | Woodland Joint Unified | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 185 | Black Oak Mine Unified | 4.4 | 3 |
| 185 | Caruthers Unified | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| 185 | Garden Grove Unified | 4.4 | 8.1 |
| 188 | Loomis Union Elementary | 4.5 | 0 |
| 188 | Rialto Unified | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 188 | La Honda-Pescadero Unified | 4.5 | 0 |
| 188 | Milpitas Unified | 4.5 | 2.8 |
| 188 | Marcum-Illinois Union Elementary | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 188 | Woodlake Unified | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 188 | Camptonville Elementary | 4.5 | 2.7 |
| 195 | Visalia Unified | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 196 | Lake Tahoe Unified | 4.7 | 7.1 |
| 196 | El Rancho Unified | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 196 | Santa Monica-Malibu Unified | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| 196 | Alvord Unified | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 196 | Center Joint Unified | 4.7 | 7.7 |
| 196 | South San Francisco Unified | 4.7 | 6.5 |
| 196 | Jefferson Union High | 4.7 | 6.3 |
| 196 | Gilroy Unified | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 196 | Hughson Unified | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 205 | Golden Plains Unified | 4.8 | 2.1 |
| 205 | Big Valley Joint Unified | 4.8 | 0 |
| 205 | Glendale Unified | 4.8 | 3 |
| 205 | Ukiah Unified | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 205 | San Benito High | 4.8 | 6.6 |
| 205 | Colton Joint Unified | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| 205 | Fontana Unified | 4.8 | 6.6 |
| 205 | Tulare Joint Union High | 4.8 | 4 |
| 205 | Mesa Union Elementary | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 214 | Orland Joint Unified | 5 | 5.5 |
| 214 | Jurupa Unified | 5 | 4.8 |
| 214 | Ravenswood City Elementary | 5 | 19.4 |
| … | |||
| 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 |
