Tulare Times

Tulare Technical Preparatory High School's dropout rate in the 2018-19 school year decreased by 30.4% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 50%, 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	2017-18 Drop-out rate
1	Millennium High Alternative	0	0
1	Piedmont High School	0	0
1	Amador County Special Education	0	--
1	Biggs High School	0	6.5
1	Durham High School	0	1.2
1	Maxwell Sr High School	0	3.4
1	Pierce High School	0	1
1	Mid Valley High School (Continuation)	0	11.8
1	Miramonte High School	0	0.7
1	Middle College High School	0	0
1	California High School	0	0.2
1	Monte Vista High School	0	0.5
1	Kingsburg High School	0	0.8
1	Parlier High School	0	1.5
1	Sierra High School	0	0
1	Hamilton High School	0	0
1	Princeton Junior-Senior High School	0	--
1	McKinleyville High School	0	4.7
1	Hoopa Valley High School	0	0
1	South Fork Junior - Senior High School	0	2.7
1	Ferndale High School	0	0
1	Big Pine High School	0	--
1	Bishop Union High School	0	1.5
1	Boron Junior-Senior High School	0	2.4
1	Desert Junior-Senior High School	0	0
…
1944	ACCESS County Community	32.8	34.4
1944	North Area Community	32.8	26.3
1944	Frida Kahlo High School	32.8	39.5
1947	College Bridge Academy	33.1	37.9
1948	Valley High School (Continuation)	33.3	9.1
1948	Thomas Riley High School	33.3	30.8
1948	Citrus High School (Continuation)	33.3	32.7
1948	Pacific View Charter 2.0	33.3	57.1
1948	Fremont High School	33.3	5.7
1953	Valley High School (Continuation)	33.5	9.1
1954	Santana High School (Continuation)	33.7	16.3
1955	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	33.8	11.5
1955	Mountain Vista High School	33.8	33.8
1957	Olympic Continuation High School	33.9	32.6
1958	Mission View Public	34.1	32.2
1959	Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez II Public Charter	34.3	--
1960	American Legion High School (Continuation)	34.4	34.8
1960	Central High School (Continuation)	34.4	27.1
1962	College and Career Preparatory Academy	34.5	46.2
1963	San Antonio High School (Continuation)	34.6	9.4
1963	Chautauqua High School (Continuation)	34.6	27.3
1963	Learning for Life Charter	34.6	24.1
1966	Vicente Martinez High School	34.7	25
1966	Boyle Heights Continuation	34.7	54.1
1968	Chaparral High School	34.8	1.1
1968	Tulare Technical Preparatory High School	34.8	50
1970	Options for Youth San Gabriel	34.9	24.6
1971	George S. Patton Continuation	35.2	46.2
1972	Boys Republic High School	35.3	34.4
1972	Open Valley Independent Study	35.3	23.5
1972	San Joaquin Building Futures Academy	35.3	51.8
1975	Vista Continuation High School	35.4	39
1975	Mt. McKinley	35.4	41.8
1977	Richard A. Alonzo Community Day	35.5	55.1
1978	Evergreen Continuation	35.6	33.3
1979	S. William Abel Community	35.7	--
1979	Adelante High School (Continuation)	35.7	31.6
1979	Marce Becerra Academy	35.7	--
1979	Bravo Lake High School	35.7	19.2
1979	Wellington M. Smith Jr.	35.7	60
1979	Montebello Community Day	35.7	32.3
1985	Dewolf Continuation High School	35.8	22.4
1986	Learning Works	36.1	33.9
1987	Gateway High School (Continuation)	36.4	57.1
1987	Cambridge Continuation High School	36.4	44.8
1987	Community Collaborative Charter	36.4	47.3
1990	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto	36.8	50.4
1991	Options for Youth-Victorville Charter	36.9	39.4
1991	Stanislaus Alternative Charter	36.9	42.3
1993	Robert H. Lewis Continuation	37	37.5
1994	California Virtual Academy San Mateo	37.1	36.8
…
2150	Santa Cruz County Court	74.3	36.6
2151	S.F. County Special Education	75	--
2152	San Diego County Court	75.3	78.3
2153	San Bernardino County Juvenile Detention and Assessment Center	75.7	68.9
2154	Highlands Community Charter	76.2	60.9
2155	Solano County Community	76.5	78.9
2156	MethodSchools	77.8	45.8
2157	Center for Alternative Learning	78.9	78.9
2158	Gateway College and Career Academy	81.6	40.4
2159	Clovis Community Day Secondary School	83.3	--
2160	Sonoma County Court	84.6	67.6
2161	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	85.3	63.5
2162	Dan Jacobs	86.7	--
2162	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	86.7	--
2164	SIATech Academy South	87.7	55.2
2165	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	88.9	36.4
2166	Opportunity Youth Academy	89.1	42.6
2167	Hart-Ransom Academic Charter	89.5	4.5
2168	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	90.1	90.1
2168	Santa Clara County Special Education	90.1	20.3
2170	Siskiyou County Special Education	90.9	--
2170	Oroville High Community Day	90.9	90.9
2172	Family First Charter	92.7	71.6
2173	Civicorps Corpsmember Academy	93.3	31.8
2174	New Opportunities Charter	96.5	93.8