North SFV Today

The graduation rate of English learning students at Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences in the 2017-2018 school year increased over the previous school year’s graduation rate of 15.8 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	100
1	Asian	100	100
1	Black or African American	100	95
1	Filipino	100	82.1
1	Two or More Races	100	100
6	White	91.9	93.7
7	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	90.3	91.3
8	Hispanic or Latino	89.7	88.2
9	Students with Disabilities	87.8	88
10	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	50	100
11	English Learners	37.5	15.8
12	Foster Youth	0	66.7