Enrollment
288
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUSANVILLE ELEMENTARY·NCES 063855006471
Diamond View Middle
850 Richmond Rd., Susanville, CA 96130 · (530) 257-5144 · Lassen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
209 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 91 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 113 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 29% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Susanville Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
28.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.1% | 28.0% | 25.1% | 35.8% |
| Math | 13.0% | 15.9% | 22.7% | 48.4% |
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 | 39.1% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 34.5% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 27.5% | 20.4% |
| 2020-21 | 34.7% | 24.2% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 27.6% |
| 2017-18 | 40.9% | 33.9% |
| 2016-17 | 40.3% | 32.6% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 View Middle
Diamond View Middle's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond View Middle this school | 288 | 72.6% | 31.4% |
| Anderson Middle Anderson | 341 | 73.6% | 26.0% |
| Ishi Hills Middle Oroville | 294 | 68.0% | 20.5% |
| Foothill Intermediate Marysville | 237 | 65.0% | 34.8% |
| Jackson Street Elementary Yreka | 438 | 72.6% | 23.8% |
| Terrace Middle Lakeport | 370 | 78.9% | 17.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #703 of 1,224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #622 of 1,227 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #743 of 1,227 ▲ 150 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #77 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #1,208 of 1,377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.5:1 | #1,233 of 1,279 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #394 of 1,278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #693 of 1,329 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #605 of 930 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
288
-44 (-13%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
26.5:1
was 25.5:1
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 | 288 | 10.9 | 26.5:1 | 73% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 11.9 | 24.8:1 | 65% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 13 | 23.4:1 | 65% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 13 | 25.5:1 | 51% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 15.6 | 20.9:1 | 51% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 12 | 22.8:1 | 53% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | N/A | N/A | 49% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 18 | 23.7:1 | 35% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 23 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diamond View Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (326 to 288); teachers down 30% (15.6 to 10.9).
About Diamond View Middle
Susanville, California, is home to Diamond View Middle, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 288 students. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 56% lower.
Susanville Elementary includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 984 students.
More than half of the students at Diamond View Middle are White (56%). Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 3% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 67% White among all Lassen County residents. The diversity index for Diamond View Middle is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 26.5:1. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 73% of students at Diamond View Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 56% for public schools in Lassen County.
Diamond View Middle holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of California public middle schools.
Diamond View Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.4% and a predicted 37.0%.
For Lassen County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $67,403 a year, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Diamond View Middle, Lassen County has 25 public schools.
Diamond View Middle is about 0.7 miles from Lassen Community Day, its nearest public school. Diamond View Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Diamond View Middle ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 31.4% versus a 36.1% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Remote.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% decline, from 332 to 288.
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Lassen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,356
Census ACS
Median income
$67,403
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
3,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Susanville Elementary
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Meadow ViewElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Susanville
- Lassen HighHigh · 816 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Meadow ViewElementary · 318 students
- Johnstonville ElementaryElementary · 211 students
- Richmond ElementaryElementary · 192 students
- Thompson Peak CharterCombined · 151 students
Nearby schools
- Lassen Community Day0.7 mi · 5
- Lassen High0.7 mi · 816
- Credence High0.7 mi · 15
- McKinley Elementary1.3 mi · 378
- Thompson Peak Charter1.6 mi · 151
- Meadow View1.9 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Diamond View MiddleHow large is Diamond View Middle?
Diamond View Middle enrolls approximately 288 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Diamond View Middle serve?
Diamond View Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Diamond View Middle?
Approximately 26.5:1 students per teacher at Diamond View Middle.
How diverse is Diamond View Middle?
Diamond View Middle reports a student body of 56% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Diamond View Middle?
Diamond View Middle is overseen by Susanville Elementary in Lassen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.