East San Diego News

Students classified as Black/African American rank fourth for completion of graduation requirements among students in Sweetwater Union High School District for the 2017-2018 school year with the completion of graduation requirements at 84.2 percent, according to the California Department of Education.

According to CDE data, graduation rates indicate an increasing achievement gap between Latino, Black, and English learner students. The achievement gap refers to the disparities in academic performance associated with race and class.

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.

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

Rank	Student Group	Student Group Graduation Rate
1	Asian	98.8
2	Filipino	90.8
3	Economically Disadvantaged	86.5
4	Black/African American	84.2
5	Native Hawaiian	83.9
6	White	82.1
7	Hispanic or Latino	80.4
8	American Indian	66.7
8	Foster Youth	66.7
10	English Learners	56.7
11	Students with Disabilities	54.2