Oakland City Wire

Castlemont High School's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 79.5% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 20.5%, 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
…
1976	Central High School (Continuation)	34.7	34.4
1978	Avalon High School	34.9	30.6
1979	Sunrise High School (Continuation)	35	38.1
1979	California Virtual Academy @ San Diego	35	17.2
1981	California Connections Academy @ North Bay	35.1	20.7
1981	Crescent View West Public Charter	35.1	40.9
1983	Vista High School (Continuation)	35.3	13.6
1983	J. C. Montgomery	35.3	68.2
1985	Moneta Continuation	35.5	47.1
1985	Odyssey Continuation	35.5	23.4
1985	New Village Girls Academy	35.5	61.9
1985	Cesar Chavez Community	35.5	49.1
1989	W.E.B. DuBois Public Charter	35.6	17.9
1990	Mountain Lakes High School	35.7	26.5
1990	San Luis Obispo County Community	35.7	31.4
1990	California Virtual Academy San Mateo	35.7	37.1
1993	Santa Clara County Court	36.1	68.8
1994	S. William Abel Community	36.4	35.7
1994	Vista Continuation High School	36.4	35.4
1994	San Joaquin High School (Continuation)	36.4	11.1
1994	Kings Lake Education Center	36.4	12.5
1994	Valley Center Prep	36.4	38.5
1994	OUSD Home Sch	36.4	25.9
1994	Placer County Community Schools	36.4	19
2001	Zane Grey Continuation	36.5	40
2002	Castlemont High School	36.8	20.5
2002	Opportunities for Learning - Capistrano	36.8	48.6
2004	Sunset High School (Continuation)	37	32.1
2005	Stanislaus Alternative Charter	37.2	36.9
2006	Simon Rodia Continuation	37.4	50
2007	Hillcrest at Youth Services Center	37.5	37.5
2007	Kirby Dorothy Camp	37.5	26.3
2009	Buena Vista High School	38.1	20
2010	Highland Park Continuation	38.3	53.4
2010	California Connections Academy@Central	38.3	42.1
2012	West Hollywood Opportunity	38.5	64
2012	Tehama Oaks High School	38.5	--
2012	Yuba County Special Education	38.5	--
2015	Redondo Shores High School (Continuation)	38.9	4.8
2015	iQ Academy California-Los Angeles	38.9	18.5
2017	Olive Grove Charter - Lompoc	39	--
2018	Options for Youth San Gabriel	39.1	34.9
2018	New School Community Day	39.1	26.1
2018	Mountain Vista High School	39.1	33.8
2021	Furman (Duane E.) High (Independent Study Program)	39.5	10.4
2022	Frida Kahlo High School	39.7	32.8
2023	Cambridge High School	40	32.4
2023	Wolfskill High School	40	14.3
2023	Mendocino County Community	40	40
2023	Gateway Community	40	27.8
2023	California Connections Academy @ Ripon	40	32.1
…
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	--