East SBV Times

The graduation rate of foster youth students at Summit High School in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 100 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	White	100	83.8
2	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	97.8	97.5
3	Black or African American	96.7	95.9
4	Asian	94.4	95.2
5	Hispanic or Latino	93.3	95.5
6	Filipino	93.1	100
7	Two or More Races	90	100
8	Students with Disabilities	69	63.1
9	Foster Youth	66.7	100
10	English Learners	60	66.7
11	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	100
11	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0	100