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Students classified as Black/African American rank fifth for completion of graduation requirements among students in Clovis Unified School District for the 2017-2018 school year with the completion of graduation requirements at 92.2 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	100.0
2	Asian	95.6
3	Filipino	95.4
4	Economically Disadvantaged	95.2
5	Black/African American	92.2
6	White	91.2
7	Hispanic or Latino	87.5
8	American Indian	82.8
9	English Learners	59.8
10	Foster Youth	59.1
11	Students with Disabilities	49.0