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Dimond High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2909 West 88th Ave

Anchorage AK, 99502, Anchorage County

Phone: 907-742-7000

Ranking:

(25 out of 130, top 19%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Anchorage School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	80		81		87		87		87		85		82
Total Students:	1,647		1,708		1,717		1,785		1,800		1,794		1,824
Grade 9:	425	25.8%	438	25.6%	426	24.8%	457	25.6%	467	25.9%	467	26.0%	470	25.8%
Grade 10:	433	26.3%	425	24.9%	429	25.0%	466	26.1%	459	25.5%	468	26.1%	483	26.5%
Grade 11:	408	24.8%	420	24.6%	441	25.7%	434	24.3%	454	25.2%	447	24.9%	431	23.6%
Grade 12:	381	23.1%	425	24.9%	421	24.5%	428	24.0%	420	23.3%	412	23.0%	440	24.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	850	51.6%	882	51.6%	876	51.0%	894	50.1%	917	50.9%	931	51.9%	867	47.5%
Female:	797	48.4%	826	48.4%	841	49.0%	891	49.9%	883	49.1%	863	48.1%	760	41.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	132	8.0%	127	7.4%	123	7.2%	121	6.8%	107	5.9%	118	6.6%	118	6.5%
Asian:	183	11.1%	193	11.3%	210	12.2%	229	12.8%	230	12.8%	216	12.0%	280	15.4%
Hispanic:	149	9.0%	156	9.1%	157	9.1%	156	8.7%	133	7.4%	136	7.6%	147	8.1%
Black:	56	3.4%	56	3.3%	53	3.1%	56	3.1%	66	3.7%	69	3.8%	64	3.5%
White:	840	51.0%	893	52.3%	918	53.5%	969	54.3%	1,013	56.3%	1,025	57.1%	1,022	56.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	63	3.8%	65	3.8%	61	3.6%	58	3.2%	58	3.2%	45	2.5%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	224	13.6%	218	12.8%	195	11.4%	196	11.0%	193	10.7%	185	10.3%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	408	24.8%	346	20.3%	336	19.6%	279	15.6%	248	13.8%	215	12.0%	193	10.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	83	5.0%	74	4.3%	50	2.9%	66	3.7%	76	4.2%	60	3.3%	73	4.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.51		21.14		19.84		20.59		20.79		21.00		22.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
HSGQE
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87.9%	80.6%	76.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.5%	80.2%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78.9%	77.2%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	83.2%	76.1%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	86.11%	79.63%	77.50%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82.14%	76.36%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.7%	87.3%	85.2%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	91.6%	90%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.1%	83.9%	84.2%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.9%	83.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.17%	83.99%	84.20%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.15%	84.09%	N/A
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79%	76.3%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.2%	78.8%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	77.4%	75%	74.3%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.3%	73.5%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	78.28%	74.93%	74.40%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	78.93%	73.62%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52%	33.4%	32%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	47.4%	45.1%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	32.6%	31.9%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	33.6%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	28.57%	38.54%	39.20%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	24.05%	26.56%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	44%	47.2%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	67.6%	63.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	50.9%	48.1%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	54.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.83%	44.65%	48.40%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.07%	49.76%	N/A
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37%	35.4%	34.9%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	53%	49.3%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	39.7%	40.9%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	50.7%	N/A
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45.71%	39.33%	42.50%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.11%	38.95%	N/A
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	54.5%	38.5%	39%
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.6%	28.8%	29.2%
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	46.2%	26.9%	N/A
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	60.00%	33.99%	34.70%
2013	Math	12th Grade	% met std	28.57%	26.38%	N/A
2010	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	62.5%	51.3%	46%
2012	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	76.92%	39.33%	42.50%
2013	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	35.29%	45.97%	N/A
2010	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	57.1%	38.7%	42.1%
2013	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	36.67%	35.94%	N/A
SBA
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	69.8%	66.3%	61.9%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	72.7%	69.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	70.5%	65.9%	60.9%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	71.1%	67.6%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	68.3%	64%	60.9%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71.3%	64.7%	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72.73%	64.23%	61.00%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73.72%	65.20%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.8%	83%	81.2%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.4%	86%	84.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.2%	82.9%	80.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.4%	84.7%	83%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.2%	80.1%	79.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	75%	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.89%	79.13%	79.30%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.49%	75.98%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	64.6%	62.5%	60.2%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.9%	62.9%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74.8%	67.1%	64%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.9%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75.64%	66.34%	62.80%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72.26%	68.91%	N/A
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78%	75.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.3%	78.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76.6%	73.7%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78.8%	76.6%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.1%	74.6%	72.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	82.6%	75.3%	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	78.03%	73.47%	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.70%	74.92%	N/A
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	64.6%	62.7%	56.5%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	62.3%	61.4%	56.4%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	77.7%	69.6%	62.7%
2008	Math	9th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.2%	63.1%
2009	Math	9th Grade	% met std	62.8%	62.7%	59.5%
2010	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71.9%	66.1%	63.7%
2011	Math	9th Grade	% met std	64.6%	60.6%	N/A
2012	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71.61%	64.71%	63.40%
2013	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71.56%	65.58%	N/A
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	82.2%	80.3%	77.3%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	81.2%	78.7%	76.3%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	91.7%	85.3%	81.9%
2008	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	87.2%	86.6%	82.2%
2009	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85.1%	80.7%	79.2%
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	88.9%	85.2%	83.6%
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	84%	82.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	88.27%	83.77%	83.60%
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	85.35%	83.09%	N/A
2005	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79.3%	77.4%	73%
2006	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	77.8%	75.6%	72%
2007	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	83.8%	76.6%	73.1%
2008	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.7%	77.3%	72%
2009	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	82.6%	78.4%	76%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	81%	75.5%	73.9%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.4%	75.8%	N/A
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	80.51%	75.01%	N/A
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79.21%	77.21%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Dimond High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.