Minority students have been closing gaps with their white peers in recent years, but those gaps remain substantial: In 2013, 86.6 percent of
white students graduated on time, compared with 75.2 percent of Hispanic students and 70.7 percent of black students, according to the annual GradNation report.
Not exact matches
Perhaps it's because
white students score higher
on achievement tests and
graduate at substantially higher rates that many of the loudest voices in this debate aren't troubled by asking for patience and
time to get things exactly right before proceeding.
In 2006, a U.S. Department of Education report noted that black
graduates were more likely to take
on student debt, and in 2007, an Education Sector analysis of the same data found that black
graduates from the 1992 - 93 cohort defaulted at a rate five
times higher than that of
white or Asian
students in the 10 years after graduation (Hispanic / Latino
graduates showed a similar, but somewhat smaller disparity).
Given that
time, our scholars consistently out - perform wealthy Westchester County
on their Regents exams in nearly every subject and our first class of
graduates outperformed
white students on their SAT's.
In 2015 - 16 in Oakland Unified, according to district data, 75 percent of
white students graduated high school
on time, yet only 59 percent of African - American
students graduated high school
on time, and 55 percent of Latino
students graduated high school
on time.