Diamond Elementary

Diamond Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Gaithersburg, Maryland, run under Montgomery County Public Schools, educateing 654 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% bigger than the state mean of about 481.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Diamond Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Diamond Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Diamond Elementary has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Diamond Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.9%, the actual is 77.5%, a residual of +10.6 points.

In the area at large, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Diamond Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brown Station Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Diamond Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Diamond Elementary has decreased 11%, going from 738 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment fell from 49% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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