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Students with Disabilities student group had a lower graduation rate in Anderson Valley Unified during 2017-2018

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The Students with Disabilities student group in the Anderson Valley Unified School District had a lower graduation rate, 75 percent, than the overall district's rate of 92.3 percent for the 2017-2018 school year, 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-learning students.

According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, in 2019 American Indian and Alaska Native students were the most at risk of dropping out.

Angela Johnson, a research scientist at NWEA, says “taken together, prior research suggests that inequities exist in the quality of education experienced by current ELsand 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.

Student Group Ranked by Comparison to Statewide Graduation Rate (2017-2018)
RankStudent GroupStudent Group Graduation RateStatewide Graduation Rate
1White90.992.1
2Socioeconomically Disadvantaged91.988.6
3Hispanic or Latino92.586.5
4Black or African American10082.2
5Students with Disabilities7567.1
6English Learners5056.7

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