High School Dropout Rates

Here are the dropout rates for high school districts in Los Angeles County. Rates listed are based on the number of students who entered 10th grade but had quit by the end of 12th grade. Figures are expressed as percentages of student enrollment.

CLASS CLASS CLASS %CHANGE DISTRICT OF 1986 OF 1990 OF 1991 1986 TO 1991 ABC Unified 12.4 14.8 11.8 -4.8 Alhambra City 14.6 10.7 15.5 +6.2 Antelope Valley Union 68.4 15.9 23.4 -65.8 Arcadia Unified 7.8 11.7 7.1 -9.0 Azusa Unified 53.5 4.8 14.0 -73.8 Baldwin Park Unified 19.7 18.4 24.4 +23.9 Bassett Unified 45.7 19.1 25.5 -44.2 Bellflower Unified 6.8 5.7 9.3 +36.8 Beverly Hills Unified 6.1 4.3 3.8 -37.7 Bonita Unified 18.2 9.0 6.8 -62.6 Burbank Unified 24.0 19.0 7.9 -67.1 Centinela Valley Union 28.7 29.3 31.2 +8.7 Charter Oak Unified 13.1 24.1 12.7 -3.1 Claremont Unified 9.5 4.6 3.0 -68.4 Compton Unified 27.6 28.7 37.3 +35.1 Covina-Valley Unified 12.6 8.3 6.4 -49.2 Culver City Unified 12.4 15.9 20.0 +61.3 Downey Unified 12.2 17.4 17.0 +39.3 Duarte Unified 59.7 31.5 21.7 -63.7 El Monte Union 25.0 18.1 16.8 -32.8 El Rancho Unified 37.8 10.9 8.9 -76.5 El Segundo Unified 15.2 24.7 24.0 +57.9 Glendale Unified 12.9 2.4 1.6 -87.6 Glendora Unified 14.6 11.0 7.4 -49.3 Hacienda La Puente 11.5 23.5 9.2 -20.0 Inglewood Unified 31.5 26.7 26.2 -16.8 La Canada Unified 3.5 3.1 3.4 -2.9 Las Virgenes Unified 7.4 7.5 8.7 +17.6 Long Beach Unified 24.6 29.3 31.6 +28.5 Los Angeles Unified 42.7 40.9 38.1 -10.8 Lynwood Unified 41.3 31.8 37.6 -9.0 Monrovia Unified 14.8 15.5 18.2 +24.7 Montebello Unified 25.1 16.8 8.9 -64.5 Norwalk-La Mirada 21.2 19.7 27.6 +30.2 Palos Verdes Unified 3.3 3.7 2.8 -15.2 Paramount Unified 17.1 32.4 25.8 +50.9 Pasadena Unified 20.5 19.1 21.4 +4.4 Pomona Unified 29.3 28.3 32.6 +11.3 Rowland Unified 19.2 13.3 15.3 -20.3 San Marino Unified 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Santa Monica-Malibu 41.0 2.7 10.9 -73.4 South Bay Union 6.8 8.0 5.3 -22.1 South Pasadena Unified 20.8 1.9 1.6 -92.3 Temple City Unified 13.4 6.5 9.8 -26.9 Torrance Unified 19.3 9.8 4.6 -76.2 Walnut Valley Unified 4.8 9.1 4.3 -10.4 West Covina Unified 22.2 20.1 20.8 -6.3 Whittier Union 19.8 30.2 22.8 +15.2 William S. Hart Union 22.3 15.4 11.6 -48.0 County Average 31.4 27.9 26.2 -16.6 State Average 25.0 20.1 18.2 -27.2

SOURCE: State Department of Education