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Van Nuys Senior High School's dropout rate in the 2019-20 school year increased by 37.1% compared to the previous school year’s dropout rate of 8.9%, 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
…
1453	Kern Valley High School	11.5	11.3
1453	Ruben Salazar Continuation	11.5	9.7
1453	Jane Addams Continuation	11.5	23.6
1453	Blair High School	11.5	18.9
1453	Elk Grove Charter	11.5	14.3
1453	Monterey County Home Charter	11.5	8.2
1453	School of Arts and Enterprise	11.5	0
1453	New Open World Academy K-12	11.5	15
1461	Bell Gardens High School	11.6	8.7
1461	Mendocino High School	11.6	0
1461	Boyle Heights STEM High School	11.6	11.5
1461	TRACE	11.6	39.1
1465	South Valley High School (Continuation)	11.7	10.4
1465	Cesar E. Chavez High School	11.7	19.8
1465	Engineering and Technology Academy at Esteban E. Torres High No. 3	11.7	13.3
1468	Future Bound Independent Study Secondary School	11.8	40
1468	San Joaquin Valley High School	11.8	18.2
1470	Coachella Valley High School	11.9	9
1470	Hiram W. Johnson High School	11.9	8.1
1470	Cloverdale High School	11.9	2.2
1473	Morningside High School	12	12
1473	Roseville High School	12	11
1475	International Studies Learning Center at Legacy High School Complex	12.1	5.1
1476	Coalinga High School	12.2	8
1476	Huntington Park Senior High School	12.2	11.5
1476	Van Nuys Senior High School	12.2	8.9
1476	King (Martin Luther) High School (Continuation)	12.2	26.1
1476	Folsom Lake High School	12.2	15.2
1481	Mountain Oaks	12.3	5.6
1481	Panorama High School	12.3	14.9
1481	Inspire Charter School - South	12.3	31
1484	Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy	12.4	7
1484	Vista Oaks Charter	12.4	10.7
1486	Village High School	12.5	7.3
1486	Fairvalley High School (Continuation)	12.5	22.5
1486	Anzar High School	12.5	0
1486	Conejo Valley High School (Continuation)	12.5	12.7
1486	The High School at Moorpark College	12.5	2.9
1486	Crossroads Charter	12.5	18.6
1486	Audeo Charter II	12.5	7.8
1493	Tracy (Wilbur) High School (Continuation)	12.7	11.8
1493	Liberty High School	12.7	1.1
1493	Piner High School	12.7	13.9
1496	Mission High School	12.8	8.9
1496	Pacific Beach High School	12.8	5.6
1496	Los Angeles Leadership Academy	12.8	11.3
1496	King-Chavez Community High School	12.8	6.7
1500	Heartland High School (Continuation)	12.9	3.2
1500	Chaffey High School	12.9	8.2
1500	North State Independence High School	12.9	17.2
1500	Maywood Academy High School	12.9	6.3
…
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	--