Monterey Times

Learning for Life Charter ranked 1,965th among California schools in the 2018-19 school year with a drop-out rate of 35 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	School	District	Drop-Out rate
1	Cerritos High	ABC Unified	0.0
1	Whitney (Gretchen) High	ABC Unified	0.0
1	Miramonte High	Acalanes Union High	0.0
1	Alameda Community Learning Center	Alameda Unified	0.0
1	Alameda Science and Technology Institute	Alameda Unified	0.0
1	Amador County Special Education	Amador County Office of Education	0.0
1	Oxford Academy	Anaheim Union High	0.0
1	Academies of the Antelope Valley	Antelope Valley Union High	0.0
1	SOAR High (Students On Academic Rise)	Antelope Valley Union High	0.0
1	Dozier-Libbey Medical High	Antioch Unified	0.0
1	Academy for Academic Excellence	Apple Valley Unified	0.0
1	Arcadia High	Arcadia Unified	0.0
1	Anzar High	Aromas - San Juan Unified	0.0
1	Tioga High	Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified	0.0
1	Big Pine High	Big Pine Unified	0.0
1	Big Valley Jr. Sr. High	Big Valley Joint Unified	0.0
1	Biggs High	Biggs Unified	0.0
1	Bishop Union High	Bishop Unified	0.0
1	Trivium Charter	Blochman Union Elementary	0.0
1	Clarksville Charter	Buckeye Union Elementary	0.0
1	Burbank Unified Independent Learning Academy (BUILA)	Burbank Unified	0.0
1	Calistoga Junior-Senior High	Calistoga Joint Unified	0.0
1	Whitmore Charter High	Ceres Unified	0.0
1	Charter Oak High	Charter Oak Unified	0.0
1	Oak Knoll Alternative	Charter Oak Unified	0.0
…
1940	John Hope Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	32.5
1940	Stoney Point Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	32.5
1944	Optimist Charter	Los Angeles County Office of Education	32.6
1945	Options for Youth-Acton	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	32.7
1946	Frida Kahlo High	Los Angeles Unified	32.8
1946	ACCESS County Community	Orange County Department of Education	32.8
1946	North Area Community	Sacramento County Office of Education	32.8
1949	College Bridge Academy	Inyo County Office of Education	33.1
1950	Valley High (Continuation)	Dublin Unified	33.3
1950	Pacific View Charter 2.0	Eureka City Schools	33.3
1950	Citrus High (Continuation)	Fontana Unified	33.3
1950	Thomas Riley High	Los Angeles Unified	33.3
1950	Fremont High	Oakland Unified	33.3
1955	Valley High (Continuation)	Escondido Union High	33.5
1956	Santana High (Continuation)	Rowland Unified	33.7
1957	Los Angeles Academy of Arts and Enterprise	Los Angeles Unified	33.8
1957	Mountain Vista High	Madera Unified	33.8
1959	Olympic Continuation High	Mt. Diablo Unified	33.9
1960	Mission View Public	William S. Hart Union High	34.1
1961	Ambassador Phillip V. Sanchez II Public Charter	Raisin City Elementary	34.3
1962	Central High (Continuation)	Barstow Unified	34.4
1962	American Legion High (Continuation)	Sacramento City Unified	34.4
1964	College and Career Preparatory Academy	Orange County Department of Education	34.5
1965	Chautauqua High (Continuation)	Bear Valley Unified	34.6
1965	San Antonio High (Continuation)	Claremont Unified	34.6
1965	Learning for Life Charter	Monterey Peninsula Unified	34.6
1968	Boyle Heights Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	34.7
1968	Vicente Martinez High	Martinez Unified	34.7
1970	Chaparral High	Grossmont Union High	34.8
1970	Tulare Technical Preparatory High	Tulare Joint Union High	34.8
1972	Options for Youth San Gabriel	San Gabriel Unified	34.9
1973	George S. Patton Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	35.2
1974	Boys Republic High	Chino Valley Unified	35.3
1974	Open Valley Independent Study	Patterson Joint Unified	35.3
1974	San Joaquin Building Futures Academy	San Joaquin County Office of Education	35.3
1977	Mt. McKinley	Contra Costa County Office of Education	35.4
1977	Vista Continuation High	Kern High	35.4
1979	Richard A. Alonzo Community Day	Los Angeles Unified	35.5
1980	Evergreen Continuation	Los Angeles Unified	35.6
1981	S. William Abel Community	Colusa County Office of Education	35.7
1981	Marce Becerra Academy	Healdsburg Unified	35.7
1981	Montebello Community Day	Montebello Unified	35.7
1981	Wellington M. Smith Jr.	Monterey County Office of Education	35.7
1981	Adelante High (Continuation)	Roseville Joint Union High	35.7
1981	Bravo Lake High	Woodlake Unified	35.7
1987	Dewolf Continuation High	Fresno Unified	35.8
1988	Learning Works	Pasadena Unified	36.1
1989	Cambridge Continuation High	Fresno Unified	36.4
1989	Gateway High (Continuation)	Mt. Diablo Unified	36.4
1989	Community Collaborative Charter	Twin Rivers Unified	36.4
1992	Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto	Adelanto Elementary	36.8
…
2157	Solano County Community	Solano County Office of Education	76.5
2158	MethodSchools	Dehesa Elementary	77.8
2159	Center for Alternative Learning	Chico Unified	78.9
2160	Gateway College and Career Academy	Riverside County Office of Education	81.6
2161	Clovis Community Day Secondary	Clovis Unified	83.3
2162	Sonoma County Court	Sonoma County Office of Education	84.6
2163	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	Nevada County Office of Education	85.3
2164	Santa Cruz County Career Advancement Charter	Santa Cruz County Office of Education	86.7
2164	Dan Jacobs	Yolo County Office of Education	86.7
2166	SIATech Academy South	Acton-Agua Dulce Unified	87.7
2167	Sonoma County Alternative Education Programs	Sonoma County Office of Education	88.9
2168	Opportunity Youth Academy	Santa Clara County Office of Education	89.1
2169	Hart-Ransom Academic Charter	Hart-Ransom Union Elementary	89.5
2170	Escuela Popular/Center for Training and Careers Family Learning	East Side Union High	90.1
2170	Santa Clara County Special Education	Santa Clara County Office of Education	90.1
2172	Oroville High Community Day	Oroville Union High	90.9
2172	Siskiyou County Special Education	Siskiyou County Office of Education	90.9
2174	Family First Charter	Centinela Valley Union High	92.7
2175	Civicorps Corpsmember Academy	Oakland Unified	93.3
2176	New Opportunities Charter	Centinela Valley Union High	96.5
2177	Imperial County Special Education	Imperial County Office of Education	100.0
2177	Clear Passage Educational Center	Long Beach Unified	100.0
2177	Merced County Special Education	Merced County Office of Education	100.0
2177	Lighthouse Community Charter High	Oakland Unified	100.0
2177	Special Education	Tulare County Office of Education	100.0