Fresno Leader

Westside Elementary School District's dropout rate in the 2018-19 school year decreased by 10.4 percent compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 38.4 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
24	San Marino Unified	0.3	2.2
…
455	San Gabriel Unified	21.3	17.8
456	Tehama County Department of Education	21.9	15
457	New Jerusalem Elementary	22	25.4
458	El Dorado County Office of Education	22.5	19.5
458	Julian Union Elementary	22.5	21.4
460	Mountain Empire Unified	22.7	21.7
461	Del Norte County Office of Education	22.8	37.3
462	Fortuna Union High	23.6	7.7
463	Warner Unified	23.8	24.3
464	Kit Carson Union Elementary	24.3	24.5
464	Baldwin Park Unified	24.3	26.3
466	Borrego Springs Unified	24.7	21.2
467	Armona Union Elementary	24.8	24.1
468	Ventura County Office of Education	24.9	26.9
469	SBE - Olive Grove Charter	26.9	8.4
470	Trinity County Office of Education	27.1	47.2
471	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	27.2	34.8
472	Siskiyou County Office of Education	27.5	5
473	Twin Rivers Unified	28.3	23.4
474	Helendale Elementary	28.8	28.2
475	Maricopa Unified	28.9	26.3
476	Madera County Superintendent of Schools	29.2	32.3
477	Stone Corral Elementary	29.4	28.2
478	Orange County Department of Education	30.1	33.8
479	Sutter County Office of Education	31.3	35.1
480	San Joaquin County Office of Education	32	33.9
481	Dehesa Elementary	32.1	27.4
482	Orange Center	32.6	40
483	Sacramento County Office of Education	33.1	36.8
484	Humboldt County Office of Education	34	32.8
485	Alpaugh Unified	34.1	25.3
486	Westside Elementary	34.4	38.4
487	Colusa County Office of Education	35.7	--
488	Alameda County Office of Education	36.2	35.3
489	Los Angeles County Office of Education	36.6	35.9
490	Jefferson Elementary	37.1	36.8
491	Oak Grove Union Elementary	37.6	42.9
492	Kern County Office of Education	37.8	45.2
493	Golden Feather Union Elementary	37.9	22.7
494	Centinela Valley Union High	38.7	30.2
495	Mendocino County Office of Education	38.9	53.3
496	Mono County Office of Education	39.6	49.1
497	Westwood Unified	40.9	20
498	Inyo County Office of Education	41.8	45.8
499	Tulare County Office of Education	41.9	17.3
500	Raisin City Elementary	42.1	38.9
501	Liberty Elementary	42.2	44.3
502	Marin County Office of Education	42.6	37
503	Fresno County Office of Education	43.3	50.7
503	Stanislaus County Office of Education	43.3	46.9
505	Kings County Office of Education	43.5	36.6
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