San Mateo Sun

The graduation rate of English learning students at Westmoor High School in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 60 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	Black or African American	100	100
1	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	100	100
3	Asian	95.3	98.3
4	Filipino	93.2	93.9
5	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	92	87.5
6	Two or More Races	89.5	84.2
7	White	88.9	92.3
8	Hispanic or Latino	82.1	76.7
9	Foster Youth	75	100
10	Students with Disabilities	56.3	59.3
11	English Learners	45.5	60
12	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0