Is Diamond Elementary a good school?

Diamond Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Diamond Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 396 students attended Diamond Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Diamond Elementary?

Students at Diamond Elementary are 96% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Diamond Elementary attend?

Students who attend Diamond Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Gerald P. Carr Intermediate High : Valley High

Diamond Elementary

Summary:

Diamond Elementary is a public elementary school located in Santa Ana, California, serving 396 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District, which is ranked 1241 out of 1568 districts in the state.

Diamond Elementary faces significant challenges in academic performance, with students consistently scoring below the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 27.92% of Diamond Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 30.96% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is also lower than nearby schools within the Santa Ana Unified School District, such as Andrew Jackson Elementary, Monte Vista Elementary, and Martin Elementary.

Additionally, Diamond Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 2.8% in 2018-2019 to 16.4% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district's average of 16.06%. The school also has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 83.59% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the district's average of 69.8%. Despite these challenges, Diamond Elementary has shown relatively strong performance in supporting its homeless student population, ranking 114 out of 364 California elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year.

Detail:

Public K-5

1450 South Center St.
Santa Ana, CA 92704-3660

(714) 480-8100

District: Santa Ana Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4458^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,009

Students who attend Diamond Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Gerald P. Carr Intermediate
High:	Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.6

Number of students: 396

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

95.7%

Asian:

3.0%

American Indian:

0.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Diamond Elementary ranks worse than 76% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 17^th among 34 ranked elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.99. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (95.7%), Asian (3%), American Indian (0.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Diamond Elementary is 20.6. 24 elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Diamond Elementary employs 19.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Diamond Elementary is $7,009. 28 elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Diamond Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Diamond Elementary 4458^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Diamond Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Santa Ana Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Santa Ana Unified 1241^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Diamond Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	11.53	4584^th	4809	4.7%
2005	9.59	4669^th	4822	3.2%
2006	7.31	4730^th	4818	1.8%
2007	29.23	3626^th	5113	29.1%
2008	27.90	3761^st	5113	26.4%
2009	23.94	4140^th	5193	20.3%
2010	31.51	3742^nd	5314	29.6%
2011	45.39	2869^th	5377	46.6%
2012	39.36	3306^th	5390	38.7%
2013	24.35	4449^th	5530	19.5%
2015	20.81	4538^th	5611	19.1%
2016	20.10	4612^th	5614	17.8%
2017	26.48	4124^th	5692	27.5%
2018	28.39	3955^th	5662	30.1%
2019	33.07	3688^th	5789	36.3%
2022	23.40	4511^th	5883	23.3%
2023	19.13	4944^th	5874	15.8%
2024	23.99	4458^th	5862	24.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.06	2456^th	3246	24.3%
2019	24.55	2900^th	3275	11.5%
2022	39.58	1831^st	3311	44.7%
2023	35.25	2141^st	3250	34.1%
2024	23.45	2929^th	3160	7.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	27.75	1757^th	2420	27.4%
2024	30.07	1827^th	2634	30.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.59	2847^th	5084	44.0%
2019	52.67	2223^rd	5173	57.0%
2022	33.72	3534^th	5264	32.9%
2023	27.98	4080^th	5374	24.1%
2024	33.20	3673^rd	5511	33.4%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	41.85	197^th	356	44.7%
2023	49.04	141^st	336	58.0%
2024	58.67	114^th	364	68.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.51	4205^th	5413	22.3%
2019	22.71	4412^th	5492	19.7%
2022	25.76	4141^st	5635	26.5%
2023	17.47	4935^th	5617	12.1%
2024	21.28	4574^th	5605	18.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.57	703^rd	2128	67.0%
2019	62.34	667^th	2585	74.2%
2022	31.98	1402^nd	2227	37.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.64	3427^th	5431	36.9%
2019	44.21	2763^rd	5510	49.9%
2022	22.80	4445^th	5663	21.5%
2023	22.97	4450^th	5650	21.2%
2024	29.18	3895^th	5636	30.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Diamond Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.97	3002^nd	4830	37.8%
2019	46.06	2541^st	4963	48.8%
2022	29.76	3718^th	5084	26.9%
2023	24.68	4140^th	5098	18.8%
2024	33.04	3493^rd	5102	31.5%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Diamond Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	21	24	86	816	0	n/a	n/a	0	947
1989	13	25	88	933	0	n/a	n/a	0	1059
1990	20	17	80	925	0	n/a	n/a	0	1042
1991	18	15	77	1013	0	n/a	n/a	0	1123
1992	15	13	79	1043	0	n/a	n/a	0	1150
1993	6	10	88	1079	0	n/a	n/a	0	1183
1994	5	9	71	805	0	n/a	n/a	0	890
1995	2	7	60	758	0	n/a	n/a	0	827
1996	2	7	60	758	0	n/a	n/a	0	827
1997	6	11	53	797	0	n/a	n/a	0	867
1998	4	5	36	880	0	n/a	n/a	0	925
1999	4	6	33	917	0	n/a	n/a	0	960
2000	4	5	28	898	0	n/a	n/a	0	935
2001	3	6	18	910	0	n/a	n/a	4	941
2002	1	6	13	903	0	n/a	n/a	0	923
2003	1	6	13	903	0	n/a	n/a	0	923
2004	0	3	9	892	0	n/a	n/a	0	904
2005	1	2	5	854	1	n/a	n/a	1	864
2006	1	1	3	782	1	n/a	n/a	0	788
2007	1	0	0	631	1	n/a	n/a	0	633
2008	4	n/a	1	611	1	n/a	n/a	0	617
2009	2	0	1	602	3	0	0	0	608
2010	0	0	2	592	0	0	0	0	594
2011	0	0	5	593	0	0	0	0	598
2012	0	0	4	586	0	0	1	0	591
2013	1	1	6	572	2	0	0	0	582
2014	1	0	6	574	2	0	0	0	583
2015	1	0	5	581	1	0	0	0	588
2016	3	1	5	560	1	0	1	0	571
2017	2	2	6	534	2	0	1	0	547
2018	1	3	11	504	1	1	0	0	521
2019	0	5	9	493	0	1	1	0	509
2020	0	3	11	454	0	1	1	0	470
2021	0	5	16	447	1	2	2	0	473
2022	3	1	14	417	1	0	1	0	437
2023	1	0	12	379	2	0	2	0	396

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Diamond Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	947	38.0	24.9	n/a
1989	1059	45.0	23.5	n/a
1990	1042	44.0	23.6	n/a
1991	1123	40.9	27.4	n/a
1992	1150	41.6	27.6	72.5
1993	1183	40.0	29.6	77.8
1994	890	33.0	27.0	89.7
1995	827	31.0	26.7	88.5
1996	827	31.0	26.7	88.5
1997	867	37.0	23.4	88.2
1998	925	44.0	21.0	90.7
1999	960	42.0	22.9	89.8
2000	935	47.8	19.6	88.2
2001	941	45.4	20.7	90.5
2002	923	44.6	20.7	92.2
2003	923	44.6	20.7	92.2
2004	904	42.3	21.4	90.8
2005	864	38.8	22.3	94.3
2006	788	37.0	21.3	90.1
2007	633	31.0	20.4	92.9
2008	617	34.5	17.9	94.8
2009	608	33.5	17.6	98
2010	594	28.0	21.2	96
2011	598	n/a	n/a	95.2
2012	591	24.0	24.6	n/a
2013	582	19.0	30.6	98.6
2014	583	19.0	30.6	93.8
2015	588	22.0	26.7	91
2016	571	20.0	28.5	94
2017	547	19.0	28.7	92
2018	521	18.0	28.9	89.4
2019	509	18.0	28.2	88.4
2020	470	n/a	n/a	87.7
2021	473	19.0	24.8	86
2022	437	19.9	21.9	68.6
2023	396	19.2	20.6	83.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Diamond Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	947	38.0	24.9	n/a
1989	1059	45.0	23.5	n/a
1990	1042	44.0	23.6	n/a
1991	1123	40.9	27.4	n/a
1992	1150	41.6	27.6	72.5
1993	1183	40.0	29.6	77.8
1994	890	33.0	27.0	89.7
1995	827	31.0	26.7	88.5
1996	827	31.0	26.7	88.5
1997	867	37.0	23.4	88.2
1998	925	44.0	21.0	90.7
1999	960	42.0	22.9	89.8
2000	935	47.8	19.6	88.2
2001	941	45.4	20.7	90.5
2002	923	44.6	20.7	92.2
2003	923	44.6	20.7	92.2
2004	904	42.3	21.4	90.8
2005	864	38.8	22.3	94.3
2006	788	37.0	21.3	90.1
2007	633	31.0	20.4	92.9
2008	617	34.5	17.9	94.8
2009	608	33.5	17.6	98
2010	594	28.0	21.2	96
2011	598	n/a	n/a	95.2
2012	591	24.0	24.6	n/a
2013	582	19.0	30.6	98.6
2014	583	19.0	30.6	93.8
2015	588	22.0	26.7	91
2016	571	20.0	28.5	94
2017	547	19.0	28.7	92
2018	521	18.0	28.9	89.4
2019	509	18.0	28.2	88.4
2020	470	n/a	n/a	87.7
2021	473	19.0	24.8	86
2022	437	19.9	21.9	68.6
2023	396	19.2	20.6	83.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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