Redwood Empire News

The graduation rate of Hispanic and Latino students at Ferndale High School in the 2017-2018 school year decreased from the previous school year’s graduation rate of 85.7 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	Asian	100	0
1	Students with Disabilities	100	100
1	White	100	89.7
4	Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	87.5	100
5	Hispanic or Latino	80	85.7
6	American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0
6	Black or African American	0	0
6	English Learners	0	100
6	Filipino	0	0
6	Foster Youth	0	0
6	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0	0
6	Two or More Races	0	100