Kern County Times

The graduation rate of students who identify as two and more races at Mesquite Continuation High School in the 2017-2018 school year remained unchanged from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 100 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

According to CDE data, graduation rates indicate an increase in disproportional academic performance between white, Black, Latino, and English learner students.

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.

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

Ranking	Student Group	Graduation Rate 2017-2018	Previous Year Graduation Rate 2016-2017
1	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	100	0
1	Two or More Races	100	100
3	Hispanic or Latino	85.7	66.7
4	White	77.4	51.7
5	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	76.9	54.8
6	Black or African American	50	100
7	English Learners	33.3	25
8	Students with Disabilities	25	0
9	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	50
9	Asian	0	0
9	Filipino	0	100
9	Foster Youth	0	0