Tulare Times

Visalia Charter Independent Study's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year decreased by 6.4% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 9.4%, 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
…
1291	Pivot Charter School Riverside	8.3	--
1298	Calexico High School	8.4	6.7
1298	San Fernando Senior High School	8.4	6.5
1298	Merrill F. West High School	8.4	9.1
1301	Mountain View High School	8.5	1.8
1301	Renaissance High Continuation	8.5	41.5
1301	Selma Independent	8.5	15.5
1304	Circle of Independent Learning	8.6	5.4
1304	Littlerock High School	8.6	10.5
1304	Chowchilla Union High School	8.6	9.1
1304	Greenfield High School	8.6	10.1
1304	Yucca Valley High School	8.6	4.3
1304	Franklin High School	8.6	12.2
1304	Forest Charter	8.6	10.3
1311	Fortuna Union High School	8.7	12.9
1311	Sonia Sotomayor Arts and Sciences Academies	8.7	11.1
1313	Vineyard Alternative	8.8	11.3
1313	Upper Lake High School	8.8	8.5
1313	Cabrillo High School	8.8	14.6
1313	Nueva Vista Continuation High School	8.8	6.5
1313	Orangewood High School (Continuation)	8.8	29.1
1313	Garfield High School	8.8	16.9
1313	Santa Maria High School	8.8	6.8
1313	Horizon	8.8	8.9
1313	New Designs Charter	8.8	18.6
1313	Visalia Charter Independent Study	8.8	9.4
1313	East Palo Alto Academy	8.8	5.6
1313	Ukiah Independent Study Academy	8.8	0
1325	Andrew P. Hill High School	8.9	13
1325	San Diego Virtual	8.9	16.3
1327	Herbert Hoover High School	9	6.5
1327	Somerset Continuation High School	9	9.9
1327	Abraham Lincoln Senior High School	9	13.4
1327	Compton High School	9	6.8
1327	Glen View High School	9	13.4
1327	Granite Hills High School	9	3.5
1327	Futures High School	9	14.5
1327	Mojave River Academy - National Trails	9	--
1327	Credo High School	9	7.1
1336	North Star Independent Study	9.1	15.8
1336	MARC High School	9.1	--
1336	Armijo High School	9.1	10
1336	Hamilton High School	9.1	0
1336	East Valley Senior High School	9.1	16
1336	Keith McCarthy Academy	9.1	12.3
1336	Dunlap Leadership Academy	9.1	13
1336	Laurel Tree Charter	9.1	--
1344	Del Valle Continuation High School	9.2	21.9
1344	Le Grand High School	9.2	7.1
1344	Calvine High School	9.2	4.3
1344	Paloma Creek High School	9.2	8.2
…
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	--