San Diego City Wire

The graduation rate of English learning students at West Hills High School in the 2017-2018 school year increased over the previous school year’s graduation rate of 25 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	50
1	Asian	100	90
1	Filipino	100	66.7
1	Foster Youth	100	100
1	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	100	100
6	White	87.8	84
7	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	86.1	84.1
8	Two or More Races	86	82.4
9	Black or African American	80	66.7
10	Hispanic or Latino	79.7	80.7
11	Students with Disabilities	77.1	76.7
12	English Learners	37.5	25