San Joaquin Times

The graduation rate of African American students at Stagg Senior High School in the 2017-2018 school year increased over the previous school year’s graduation rate of 71.9 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	83.3
1	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	100	0
1	Two or More Races	100	75
4	Filipino	92.3	77.8
5	White	87.8	82.5
6	Foster Youth	85.7	0
7	Black or African American	80	71.9
8	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	77.7	82.9
9	Hispanic or Latino	76.2	86.6
10	Asian	69.6	72.7
11	Students with Disabilities	62.9	52.2
12	English Learners	35.9	55.6