Kern County Times

The graduation rate of English learning students at West High School in the 2017-2018 school year increased over the previous school year’s graduation rate of 72.7 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	American Indian or Alaska Native	100	0
1	Asian	100	87.5
1	Filipino	100	100
4	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	94.5	86
5	Two or More Races	93.8	85.7
6	Hispanic or Latino	91.9	89.3
7	Black or African American	88.1	85.3
8	White	86.4	78.3
9	English Learners	76.2	72.7
10	Foster Youth	75	100
11	Students with Disabilities	69.4	2.4
12	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0	0