West OC Times

Huntington Beach Union High ranked 127th among California schools in the 2018-19 school year with a drop-out rate of three percent, according to the California Department of Education.

CDE data shows that graduation and dropout rates continue to confirm that 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 Centre for Education Statistics in 2018, of the 48 states where data was collected, Black males remain at the bottom of 4 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 drop-out rates. Individually tailored student support is one way that has been 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.”

Rank	District	Drop-Out rate
1	Aromas - San Juan Unified	0.0
1	Big Pine Unified	0.0
1	Big Valley Joint Unified	0.0
1	Biggs Unified	0.0
1	Buckeye Union Elementary	0.0
1	Durham Unified	0.0
1	Ferndale Unified	0.0
1	Geyserville Unified	0.0
1	Hawthorne	0.0
1	La Honda-Pescadero Unified	0.0
1	Loomis Union Elementary	0.0
1	Maxwell Unified	0.0
1	Menifee Union Elementary	0.0
1	Mountain Valley Unified	0.0
1	Muroc Joint Unified	0.0
1	Nuestro Elementary	0.0
1	Princeton Joint Unified	0.0
1	SBE - New West Charter	0.0
1	SBE - The School of Arts and Enterprise	0.0
1	Sierra Unified	0.0
1	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified	0.0
1	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified	0.0
23	Manhattan Beach Unified	0.2
24	Arcadia Unified	0.3
24	Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified	0.3
…
99	Newman-Crows Landing Unified	2.4
104	Carpinteria Unified	2.5
104	Covina-Valley Unified	2.5
104	Dinuba Unified	2.5
104	Lawndale Elementary	2.5
104	Mammoth Unified	2.5
104	Tamalpais Union High	2.5
104	Temple City Unified	2.5
104	Winship-Robbins	2.5
112	California School for the Deaf-Fremont (State Special Schl)	2.6
112	Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified	2.6
112	San Jacinto Unified	2.6
112	Temecula Valley Unified	2.6
116	Campbell Union High	2.7
116	Camptonville Elementary	2.7
116	Dublin Unified	2.7
116	East Nicolaus Joint Union High	2.7
116	Emery Unified	2.7
116	Parlier Unified	2.7
116	Riverdale Joint Unified	2.7
123	Davis Joint Unified	2.8
123	Hamilton Unified	2.8
123	Milpitas Unified	2.8
123	Red Bluff Joint Union High	2.8
127	Clovis Unified	2.9
127	Huntington Beach Union High	2.9
127	Lindsay Unified	2.9
127	Manteca Unified	2.9
127	Northern Humboldt Union High	2.9
127	Williams Unified	2.9
127	Wiseburn Unified	2.9
134	Black Oak Mine Unified	3.0
134	Del Norte County Unified	3.0
134	Glendale Unified	3.0
134	Liberty Union High	3.0
134	San Marcos Unified	3.0
134	West Sonoma County Union High	3.0
140	Albany City Unified	3.1
140	Calipatria Unified	3.1
140	Elk Grove Unified	3.1
140	Taft Union High	3.1
144	Bellflower Unified	3.2
144	Calaveras Unified	3.2
144	Chawanakee Unified	3.2
144	Corona-Norco Unified	3.2
144	Hilmar Unified	3.2
144	Laytonville Unified	3.2
144	Nuview Union	3.2
144	Santa Barbara Unified	3.2
144	Selma Unified	3.2
144	Soledad Unified	3.2
…
507	Adelanto Elementary	43.9
508	Merced County Office of Education	44.6
509	Shasta County Office of Education	45.1
510	Riverside County Office of Education	45.9
511	Yuba County Office of Education	47.2
512	Meridian Elementary	48.3
513	Santa Clara County Office of Education	49.3
513	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	49.3
515	San Diego County Office of Education	50.7
516	Glenn County Office of Education	52.1
517	San Francisco County Office of Education	52.6
518	Imperial County Office of Education	54.2
519	Santa Barbara County Office of Education	54.5
520	Twin Hills Union Elementary	55.2
521	San Bernardino County Office of Education	57.7
522	Guerneville Elementary	60.7
523	Nevada County Office of Education	61.9
524	Lake County Office of Education	63.6
525	Yolo County Office of Education	65.5
526	Sonoma County Office of Education	68.4
527	Trona Joint Unified	68.8
528	Solano County Office of Education	71.0
529	Cuyama Joint Unified	79.0
530	Bradley Union Elementary	82.1
531	Hart-Ransom Union Elementary	89.5