South Bay Leader

Students classified as American Indian rank ninth for completion of graduation requirements among students in Los Angeles Unified School District for the 2017-2018 school year with the completion of graduation requirements at 79.8 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	Native Hawaiian	93.1
2	Asian	91.6
3	Filipino	90.8
4	Hispanic or Latino	88.9
5	White	87.8
6	Economically Disadvantaged	86.8
7	Black/African American	85.3
8	Foster Youth	84.7
9	American Indian	79.8
10	Students with Disabilities	61.6
11	English Learners	43.1