San Joaquin Times

The graduation rate of white students at Merrill F. West High School in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 86.2 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	100
2	Asian	95.2	100
3	Two or More Races	84	100
4	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	82	95.5
5	Filipino	80.5	97.4
6	Hispanic or Latino	80.2	92.7
7	American Indian or Alaska Native	80	100
8	Black or African American	77.6	83.3
9	White	71.9	86.2
10	English Learners	59	56.1
11	Foster Youth	50	75
12	Students with Disabilities	36.2	71.4