Central OC Times

Tustin Unified School District's dropout rate in the 2018-19 school year increased by 162.5 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 0.8 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	2017-18 Drop-out rate
1	Biggs Unified	0	8.6
1	Durham Unified	0	1.2
1	Maxwell Unified	0	3.4
1	Buckeye Union Elementary	0	--
1	Sierra Unified	0	1.6
1	Princeton Joint Unified	0	--
1	Ferndale Unified	0	0
1	Big Pine Unified	0	--
1	Muroc Joint Unified	0	0.8
1	Big Valley Joint Unified	0	7.7
1	Hawthorne	0	0
1	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified	0	2.8
1	Loomis Union Elementary	0	6.3
1	Menifee Union Elementary	0	0
1	Aromas - San Juan Unified	0	0
1	La Honda-Pescadero Unified	0	0
1	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified	0	0
1	Geyserville Unified	0	0
1	Nuestro Elementary	0	--
1	Mountain Valley Unified	0	4.3
1	SBE - New West Charter	0	6.9
1	SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise	0	5.3
23	Manhattan Beach Unified	0.2	0.6
24	Arcadia Unified	0.3	0.1
24	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	0.3	0.2
…
58	Santa Paula Unified	1.5	1.9
63	Torrance Unified	1.6	1.1
63	Irvine Unified	1.6	2.3
63	Scott Valley Unified	1.6	2.2
66	Bassett Unified	1.7	1.5
66	Norwalk-La Mirada Unified	1.7	1.2
66	Galt Joint Union High	1.7	3.4
66	Carlsbad Unified	1.7	2.5
70	Pierce Joint Unified	1.8	1.8
70	Sanger Unified	1.8	2.7
70	Charter Oak Unified	1.8	2.9
70	Carmel Unified	1.8	2.3
74	Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified	1.9	1.7
75	Alhambra Unified	2	2.5
75	California School for the Deaf-Riverside (State Special Schl)	2	2.8
75	Conejo Valley Unified	2	0.9
78	Fremont Unified	2.1	4.1
78	El Dorado Union High	2.1	2.3
78	Golden Plains Unified	2.1	3
78	Southern Humboldt Joint Unified	2.1	2.6
78	Corcoran Joint Unified	2.1	3.4
78	ABC Unified	2.1	2
78	Placer Union High	2.1	2.1
78	Fremont Union High	2.1	2
78	Sutter Union High	2.1	2
78	Tustin Unified	2.1	0.8
88	Folsom-Cordova Unified	2.2	2.8
88	San Dieguito Union High	2.2	2.9
88	Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High	2.2	1.1
88	Sonora Union High	2.2	1.5
88	Esparto Unified	2.2	1.3
88	SBE - Academia Avance Charter	2.2	5.6
94	Hanford Joint Union High	2.3	2.4
94	Los Banos Unified	2.3	2.6
94	Brea-Olinda Unified	2.3	2.5
94	Fullerton Joint Union High	2.3	2.5
94	Silver Valley Unified	2.3	3.5
99	Castro Valley Unified	2.4	2.2
99	Brawley Union High	2.4	3.3
99	Downey Unified	2.4	1.8
99	Natomas Unified	2.4	3.2
99	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	2.4	1.9
104	Covina-Valley Unified	2.5	2.8
104	Lawndale Elementary	2.5	6.1
104	Temple City Unified	2.5	1.2
104	Tamalpais Union High	2.5	2.3
104	Mammoth Unified	2.5	3.9
104	Carpinteria Unified	2.5	1.7
104	Winship-Robbins	2.5	6.7
104	Dinuba Unified	2.5	2.3
112	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	2.6	0
…
506	Adelanto Elementary	43.9	47.2
507	Merced County Office of Education	44.6	32.1
508	Shasta County Office of Education	45.1	43.8
509	Riverside County Office of Education	45.9	45.9
510	Yuba County Office of Education	47.2	31.9
511	Meridian Elementary	48.3	39.3
512	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	49.3	20.4
512	Santa Clara County Office of Education	49.3	27.1
514	San Diego County Office of Education	50.7	57.8
515	Glenn County Office of Education	52.1	56
516	San Francisco County Office of Education	52.6	39.4
517	Imperial County Office of Education	54.2	33
518	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	54.5	65.5
519	Twin Hills Union Elementary	55.2	2.7
520	San Bernardino County Office of Education	57.7	59.4
521	Guerneville Elementary	60.7	--
522	Nevada County Office of Education	61.9	49.6
523	Lake County Office of Education	63.6	--
524	Yolo County Office of Education	65.5	80.2
525	Sonoma County Office of Education	68.4	47
526	Trona Joint Unified	68.8	50
527	Solano County Office of Education	71	69
528	Cuyama Joint Unified	79	16.7
529	Bradley Union Elementary	82.1	37.5
530	Hart-Ransom Union Elementary	89.5	4.5