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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DIAMOND HILL EL this year?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001850
Diamond Hill Elementary School
2000 DEWEY ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 815-0400 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest 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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
456 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 9.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Hill Elementary School
Diamond Hill Elementary School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Hill Elementary School this school | 482 | 94.6% | 24.3% |
| Neal Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 482 | 94.8% | 29.9% |
| Collier Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 485 | 94.0% | 25.4% |
| Golden Rule Charter School DALLAS | 490 | 94.5% | 36.0% |
| Stafford El Visual and Performing Arts SAN ANTONIO | 503 | 94.2% | 28.9% |
| Escandon Elementary School MCALLEN | 478 | 93.9% | 41.8% |
Matched among Texas 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 Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,092 of 4,401 | #294 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,393 of 4,466 ▲ 2,351 | #77 of 339 ▲ 194 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,920 of 4,466 ▲ 387 | #283 of 339 ▲ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #401 of 3,998 | #25 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #2,706 of 4,938 | #186 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,866 of 4,622 | #307 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #4,260 of 4,628 | #347 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #563 of 4,789 | #33 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #572 of 2,838 | #53 of 242 |
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
482
-78 (-14%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 482 | 28.4 | 17.0:1 | 95% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 92% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 94% (449) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 94% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 36.5 | 18.5:1 | 91% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 35 | 18.2:1 | 93% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 91% (570) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 41 | 18.1:1 | 82% (606) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 27 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Diamond Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (676 to 482); teachers down 22% (36.5 to 28.4).
About Diamond Hill Elementary School
Diamond Hill Elementary School is an elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, reachable at (817) 815-0400. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 482 students.
Diamond Hill Elementary School is one of the 136 schools that make up FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students in total).
Hispanic students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
The school had 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.9 students per teacher. The school reported 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Diamond Hill Elementary School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Diamond Hill Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.3%) and its predicted rate (33.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Tarrant County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Diamond Hill Elementary School.
Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School sits about 0.8 miles from Diamond Hill Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 28.2%, higher than Diamond Hill Elementary School's 24.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 78 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.7 to 17.0 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Diamond Hill Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Other Diamond Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Diamond Hill Elementary. Diamond Hill Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Diamond Hill ElementaryAbbeville, SC · 252 students
Nearby schools
- Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School0.8 mi · 877
- Meacham Middle School0.8 mi · 680
- Moore M H Elementary School0.9 mi · 453
- Cesar Chavez Primary School0.9 mi · 447
- Helbing Elementary School1.0 mi · 369
- Detent Center1.4 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About Diamond Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Diamond Hill Elementary School?
Diamond Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
Is Diamond Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Diamond Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Diamond Hill Elementary School have?
Diamond Hill Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Diamond Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Diamond Hill Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 97% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Diamond Hill Elementary School in?
Diamond Hill Elementary School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
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