West OC Times

The graduation rate of students with disabilities at Rancho Alamitos High School in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 63.6 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	Filipino	100	100
1	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	100	100
3	Asian	94.8	90
4	White	93.9	90.7
5	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	88.4	93.5
6	Hispanic or Latino	83.7	92.6
7	Black or African American	75	66.7
8	English Learners	51.6	86
9	Students with Disabilities	50	63.6
10	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	100
10	Foster Youth	0	0
10	Two or More Races	0	100