El Diamante High School

El Diamante High School, known locally as "El D", is a WASC-accredited high school serving students in grades 9–12 in Visalia, California, USA, in Tulare County. It was established as Visalia Unified School District's fourth public high school in 2002. Its current feeder elementary schools are Cottonwood Creek Elementary, Crestwood Elementary, Goshen Elementary, Linwood Elementary, and Veva Blunt Elementary whose students will attend either La Joya Middle School or Ridgeview Middle School prior to their 9th-grade year.CampusEl Diamante was built in 2002 by tBP Architecture. The 173,000 square foot campus was built to accommodate 1,900 students as a "school within a school" concept.The El Diamante High School Theater hosts school productions as well as occasional performances by Tulare County Office of Education's Theatre Company.Buildings on the campus were named with a mining theme including "The Mine Shaft" (gymnasium), "Pick & Shovel" (cafeteria), and "Miner Emporium" (student store).DemographicsStudents enrollment by grade Grade 9: 557 Grade 10: 539 Grade 11: 478 Grade 12: 468Student enrollment by ethnic background African American: 2.7% White: 29% Native American or Alaska Native: 1.1% Asian: 5.5% Hispanic or Latino: 59.5% Other: 2.2%Academic Performance Index (API)The state of California rates schools using the Academic Performance Index . Based on test scores, schools are ranked on a scale from 200 to 1000. The state expects all schools to eventually obtain an API of at least 800. Schools are also ranked by deciles from 1 to 10, according to type of school .