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Enrollment
1,373
High
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000073
Dimond High School
2909 W 88th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502 · (907) 742-7000 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
383 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 372 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 352 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 330 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 319 | 23% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.7%
AK avg 36.1% . -9.5pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
AK avg 34.6% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 15.9% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dimond High School
Dimond High School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimond High School this school | 1,373 | 27.9% | 24.8% |
| Service High School Anchorage | 1,518 | 28.3% | 25.2% |
| South Anchorage High School Anchorage | 1,239 | 16.1% | 43.8% |
| West Valley High School Fairbanks | 782 | 21.1% | 37.2% |
| Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale Juneau | 1,018 | 13.6% | 33.4% |
| Wasilla High School Wasilla | 816 | 33.3% | 30.6% |
Matched among Alaska high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dimond High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #30 of 39 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #34 of 43 ▼ 6 | #8 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #33 of 44 ▼ 11 | #8 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,373 | #4 of 72 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #34 of 38 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.6% | #5 of 38 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #29 of 45 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #8 of 28 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,373
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,842
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,373 | 63.5 | 21.6:1 | 28% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 1,406 | 62.2 | 22.6:1 | 24% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 1,443 | 65 | 22.2:1 | 25% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 1,381 | 62 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,652 | 77.3 | 21.4:1 | 28% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 1,693 | 71 | 23.9:1 | 27% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 1,785 | 86 | 20.8:1 | 19% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 2,149 | 99 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,842 | 80 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dimond High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,652 to 1,373); teachers down 18% (77.3 to 63.5).
About Dimond High School
In Anchorage, Alaska, Dimond High School is a high-enrollment high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,373 students. For comparison, high schools in Alaska average about 373 students.
In Anchorage School District, 92 schools enroll a combined 40,587 students.
White students form the largest group at Dimond High School, 40% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 18% multiracial, 13% Asian, 10% Native American, and 10% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Anchorage Municipality's population at about 57%. Dimond High School has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 21.6:1, with 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Dimond High School is 28%. The average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality is 49%.
Dimond High School is 19.0 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Alaska.
According to the American Community Survey, in Anchorage Municipality, median household income is about $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 99 public schools operate in Anchorage Municipality, serving about 41,241 students.
The school nearest to Dimond High School is Chinook Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Dimond High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Dimond High School places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Dimond High School was 1,381 in 2020-21 and 1,373 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Romig Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,138 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Romig Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,138 students
Nearby schools
- Chinook Elementary0.2 mi · 365
- Sand Lake Elementary0.9 mi · 367
- Gladys Wood Elementary1.0 mi · 267
- Bayshore Elementary1.2 mi · 338
- Campbell STEM Elementary1.4 mi · 323
- Kincaid Elementary1.6 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Dimond High SchoolHow many students attend Dimond High School?
Dimond High School enrolls approximately 1,373 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Dimond High School serve?
Dimond High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dimond High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dimond High School is approximately 21.6:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dimond High School?
Student demographics at Dimond High School are roughly 40% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Dimond High School public or private?
Dimond High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.