Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005983
Diamond Elementary
1450 South Center St., Santa Ana, CA 92704 · (714) 480-8100 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
344 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
30.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.9pp since 2014
Math
23.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 25.8% | 20.6% | 48.5% |
| Math | 7.7% | 16.0% | 33.0% | 43.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.9% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 16.9% |
| 2021-22 | 29.6% | 19.8% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 37.4% |
| 2017-18 | 35.0% | 29.7% |
| 2016-17 | 28.7% | 28.4% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 19.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Diamond Elementary
Diamond Elementary's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Elementary this school | 367 | 93.7% | 26.3% |
| Taft Elementary Redwood City | 357 | 93.8% | 16.9% |
| Melrose Elementary Placentia | 354 | 94.1% | 24.9% |
| Ann Soldo Elementary Watsonville | 377 | 92.8% | 14.7% |
| Franklin Elementary Santa Ana | 343 | 94.2% | 18.2% |
| Northam Elementary La Puente | 369 | 94.9% | 24.0% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Diamond Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #3,935 of 5,151 | #339 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #3,916 of 5,172 ▼ 179 | #338 of 382 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,888 of 5,172 ▲ 126 | #331 of 382 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,450 of 5,116 | #176 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #4,100 of 5,915 | #322 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,944 of 5,352 | #146 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.4% | #5,029 of 5,354 | #364 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #606 of 5,625 | #26 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.6% | #572 of 3,837 | #61 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
367
-106 (-22%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,123
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 367 | 16 | 22.9:1 | 94% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 18.1 | 20.3:1 | 81% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 19.2 | 20.6:1 | 84% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 19 | 24.9:1 | 86% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 18 | 28.9:1 | 89% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 20 | 28.6:1 | 94% (537) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | N/A | N/A | 95% (569) |
| 2000-01 | 941 | 45 | 20.9:1 | 90% (848) |
| 1990-91 | 1,123 | 40 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diamond Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (521 to 367); teachers down 11% (18 to 16).
About Diamond Elementary
Diamond Elementary, located in Santa Ana, California, is a small elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 367 students. That is 21% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Diamond Elementary falls under Santa Ana Unified, which has 51 schools enrolling 35,993 students.
By race and ethnicity, Diamond Elementary is 96% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 61 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.9:1. The school has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. In all, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 55% average for public schools in Orange County is 39 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Diamond Elementary outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Diamond Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 26.3% actual against a predicted 24.6%.
In Orange County, home to about 3,165,820 people, median household income comes to about $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County's 649 public schools enroll about 430,458 students and include Diamond Elementary.
Gerald P. Carr Intermediate is about 0.2 miles from Diamond Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Diamond Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
A 22% decline took enrollment from 473 in 2020-21 to 367 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.9:1 to 22.9:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Diamond Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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Other Diamond Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Diamond Elementary. Diamond Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Diamond ElementaryGaithersburg, MD · 654 students
- DIAMOND ELEM.DIAMOND, MO · 332 students
- Diamond Elementary SchoolDiamond, OR · 14 students
Nearby schools
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- Lorin Griset Academy0.6 mi · 283
- Andrew Jackson Elementary0.7 mi · 493
- Monte Vista Elementary0.7 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Diamond ElementaryHow large is Diamond Elementary?
Diamond Elementary enrolls approximately 367 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Diamond Elementary serve?
Diamond Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Diamond Elementary?
Approximately 22.9:1 students per teacher at Diamond Elementary.
How diverse is Diamond Elementary?
Diamond Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian.
What district is Diamond Elementary in?
Diamond Elementary is part of Santa Ana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.