Kern County Times

Students classified as students with disabilities rank third for completion of graduation requirements among students in Nevada County Office of Education for the 2017-2018 school year with the completion of graduation requirements at 81.5 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

According to CDE data, graduation rates indicate an increasing 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 the National Centre for Education Statistics, in the 2017-2018 school year, of the 50 states where data was collected, students with disabilities were at the bottom of 4-year high school graduation rates by student group.

In The Effects of English Learner Classification on High School Graduation and College Attendance, Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says, “prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current English learners and non-English learners and that these inequities explain achievement gaps in middle and early high school.”

Rank	Student Group	Student Group Graduation Rate
1	Native Hawaiian	100.0
2	White	87.8
3	Students with Disabilities	81.5
4	Economically Disadvantaged	69.7
5	Hispanic or Latino	69.3
6	Foster Youth	68.4
7	Asian	63.6
8	American Indian	61.5
9	Black/African American	59.0
10	Filipino	50.0
11	English Learners	48.0