El Diamante High

El Diamante High is one of the sprawling secondary schools in Visalia, California, overseen by Visalia Unified, with 1,890 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 126% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 41 schools in Visalia Unified (28,725 students total), El Diamante High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, El Diamante High lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder breaks down as 17% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, El Diamante High has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting El Diamante High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at El Diamante High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tulare County (around 77%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, El Diamante High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 46.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which El Diamante High is one.

Nearest neighbor: La Joya Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 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), El Diamante High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 2,008 students in 2018 compared to 1,890 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 60% to 72%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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