South SFV Today

Students classified as Asian rank third for completion of graduation requirements among students in Santa Clara County Office of Education for the 2017-2018 school year with the completion of graduation requirements at 68.6 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	American Indian	100.0
2	Filipino	71.4
3	Asian	68.6
4	White	66.7
5	Economically Disadvantaged	58.8
6	Black/African American	57.6
6	Foster Youth	57.6
8	Hispanic or Latino	52.2
9	Students with Disabilities	31.2
10	English Learners	25.0