Diablo View Middle

Diablo View Middle is a tight-knit intermediate school in Clayton, California, part of Mt. Diablo Unified. The school caters to 514 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Mt. Diablo Unified runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 29,210 students. Diablo View Middle is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Diablo View Middle logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Diablo View Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Diablo View Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Diablo View Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 59.6%.

In the broader community, Contra Costa County reports that median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Diablo View Middle is one campus in the mix.

Mt. Diablo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Diablo View Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Diablo View Middle's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 706 (now 514). White enrollment moved from 55% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 in 2025.

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