Fresno Leader

The graduation rate of English learning students at Sunnyside High School in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 100 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	Filipino	100	100
1	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	100	0
1	Two or More Races	100	100
5	White	94.1	100
6	Asian	93.5	100
7	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	93.3	100
8	Black or African American	92.9	100
9	Hispanic or Latino	92	100
10	Students with Disabilities	70.2	75
11	English Learners	63.6	100
12	Foster Youth	60	100