Diamond Springs Elementary

Located at 5225 Learning Circle, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Diamond Springs Elementary is a mid-tier primary school that teaches 467 students (grades pre-K through 1), operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 64,731 students; Diamond Springs Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Diamond Springs Elementary records that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Virginia Beach city as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Diamond Springs Elementary has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Virginia Beach city runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Virginia Beach city put the typical household earns roughly $92,968 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Diamond Springs Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: Newtown Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Diamond Springs Elementary's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 467). Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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