Diamond Springs Elementary

Diamond Springs Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, one of the schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools. The school offers pre-K through 1 and enrolls 467 students.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools operates 82 schools. Combined enrollment is 64,731 students.

Black students are 62% of those enrolled at Diamond Springs Elementary. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% White, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Virginia Beach city's population at about 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.

Diamond Springs Elementary has 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1.

For Virginia Beach city, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $92,968, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 89 public schools in the county, enrolling about 64,731, Diamond Springs Elementary among them.

Newtown Elementary is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Diamond Springs Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 467, down from 565 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.8:1 to 10.0:1.

The Diamond Springs Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.