Santa Cruz Standard

The graduation rate of English learning students at Renaissance High School Continuation in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 51.1 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	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	100	66.7
2	Students with Disabilities	75	69.2
3	Hispanic or Latino	62.8	72.5
4	White	50	0
5	English Learners	41.7	51.1
6	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0
6	Asian	0	0
6	Black or African American	0	0
6	Filipino	0	0
6	Foster Youth	0	50
6	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0	0
6	Two or More Races	0	0