Temple City Unified School District’s dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 68 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 2.5 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 |
| 26 | Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 26 | Scotts Valley Unified | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 26 | Sutter Union High | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 29 | San Ramon Valley Unified | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 29 | Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| 29 | Arcadia Unified | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| 29 | Delhi Unified | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 33 | Kingsburg Joint Union High | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 33 | Lennox | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 33 | Murrieta Valley Unified | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 33 | Roseland | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 37 | Glendora Unified | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| 37 | Lawndale Elementary | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 37 | Temple City Unified | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 40 | Mammoth Unified | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| 40 | Los Alamitos Unified | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| 40 | Santa Ynez Valley Union High | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| 43 | Lammersville Joint Unified | 1 | 4 |
| 44 | Walnut Valley Unified | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 44 | San Jacinto Unified | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 46 | Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 47 | Brawley Union High | 1.3 | 2.4 |
| 47 | Holtville Unified | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 47 | Mariposa County Unified | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| 47 | East Nicolaus Joint Union High | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 51 | Fowler Unified | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| 51 | Irvine Unified | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 51 | Lincoln Unified | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| 51 | Yreka Union High | 1.4 | 16.9 |
| 55 | Pleasanton Unified | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| 55 | Bellflower Unified | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 55 | Covina-Valley Unified | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 55 | Natomas Unified | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 55 | Needles Unified | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| 55 | Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 55 | Davis Joint Unified | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 62 | El Dorado Union High | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 62 | Riverdale Joint Unified | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| 62 | Torrance Unified | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 62 | Linden Unified | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| 66 | Albany City Unified | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 66 | Sanger Unified | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 66 | Hanford Joint Union High | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 66 | ABC Unified | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 66 | Lindsay Unified | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| 66 | Santa Paula Unified | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 72 | Tamalpais Union High | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 73 | Poway Unified | 1.9 | 0.3 |
| 74 | Acalanes Union High | 2 | 1.3 |
| 74 | Benicia Unified | 2 | 1.4 |
| 76 | Liberty Union High | 2.1 | 3 |
| … | |||
| 501 | Santa Barbara County Office of Education | 52.8 | 54.5 |
| 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 |
