My brother Kevin Used to go there back in like 2009 When you had to write a LETTER TO GET IN read more

this school ruined my life when i transferred if i don't graduate it's this schools fault i hate you diamond ranch high school

Diamond Ranch High School Has Got To Be One Of The Sleek And Unique Schools In Southern California Because Of Its Architecture. This School Is On Top Of A Hill, Which Makes It Unique For Some Views. There Are Also Some Elevators At This School read more

I had to go to the school for a game. I thought I was in a prison not a high school. The restrooms were way in the back with nobody there it was literally a man in the women's restroom. There needs to be more security when you have kids there. Horrible school. read more

The best school I have ever attended. We are, DR!! My only complaint is that I only attended for four years. Make it a 6 year requirement for graduation. - E.M. Diaz read more

I know parents want to send their kids here because it's supposedly a better school than the other high schools in Pomona, but it's just not worth it to be subjected to a high tolerance for bullying. read more

This is my son's second year and so far he is enjoying it. The classes are challenging. He joined band it has kept him on his toes. He has learning time management, accountability , and responsibility . read more

Diamond Ranch High School - By the band room - Middle Schools & High Schools Near Me - Pomona, California

I am honestly surprised there hasn't been a review for Diamond Ranch High School yet. Here we go. Not to be confused with Diamond Bar High School to the south, Diamond Ranch High School serves the Pomona Unified School District as one of their 7 high schools. Its a relatively newish school, with its first class graduating in 2001, with the class of 2004 being the first class to have come in as freshmen with a full 4 classes (Freshmen-Seniors). While I was there, Diamond Ranch was indisputably the highest achieving high school in the district and got the California Distinguished School award for the first time (I don't even know if thats even hard to get, but apparently its a big deal). I graduated years and years ago, but I'd imagine that really shouldn't have changed much since I left. The high school serves the northern half of Diamond Bar (the Walnut Valley Unified School District takes the southern half). I believe a limited amount of students from other parts of the district are also allowed to attend through some application process. As a result the student population is a diverse mix of Asian, Hispanic, White, and African American ethnicities, as Diamond Bar and Pomona have distinctively different ethnic demographics. The school's design is a bit unusual. It was designed by an architectural firm Morphosis and was built on a steep hill originally deemed unusable. To the eye, the campus is an angular construction made of mostly concrete and what looks to be loads and loads of corrugated sheet metal. Because of its distinctive look, companies come here to film movies (Die Hard 4, Serenity, The Cell, etc.) , and commercials (Taco Bell, KFC, Buick, etc.) here time to time. To say the least, its a little surreal to see a place where you attended school for 4 years as supposedly some futuristic planet full of dead people (Serenity). In terms of sports, Diamond Ranch has many sports teams covered. The campus has tennis courts, baseball fields, a track, and a gym to serve everything from football to soccer and more. My brother said that he once saw Pete Carroll (then coaching for USC's football program during its dominant years) here possibly meeting with a future recruit. In terms of academic offerings, the school offers most AP classes in existence and does well overall in standardized testing. Its not as competitive as Diamond Bar High and Walnut High, but still sends a good amount of students to elite UC and private colleges. From my time there, I believe the Math department to be the strongest. Alright, this review is getting way too long. Time to speed things up. There are a LOT of clubs. Somebody who is more current can probably say more about that. Campus is relatively safe, I never felt in danger while attending. Did witness a couple of fights, but nothing major. Food (kinda weird reviewing public school food) is typical bland public school fare. Transportation is horrible. There is a large parking lot with HUGE CAPACITY. But there is only ONE road which leads only to the school. With only 2 lanes in each direction, congestion at the start and end of school is absurd. Add inexperienced and reckless teenage driving, and you get frustration at the best and accidents at the worst. Phew. Thats all that I can think of. read more

I have raised 3 children and supported a ton of nieces and nephews through high school. In all those years I have never come across a school with such little concern about a students safety. My niece has been bullied for the past 2years and this school and their administration has done NOTHING to provide us the assurance that she is safe. We have provided the school with text messages she's received, videos and witnesses. We have had to take her out of school in fear of the threats she continues to receive. I plan on taking this to everyone that will listen. My niece will not be a statistic @foxnews.com read more

I attended a football game at Diamond Ranch High School in Pomona, CA on 9/4/2015. It was my 1st time there. It was the Panther Bowl. The host Diamond Ranch Panthers versus the visiting Rosemead Panthers. Parking was free, entry to the game was $7.00, while the program (beautiful though it was) was $10.00 (ouch!). Plus, I took photos. read more

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Teacher is very rude, restroom always closed, every day phone call home because no why

My son currently goes here. A junior and he is a member of the Band and Jazz Ensemble of DRHS Music Department Panther Brigade playing 1st trumpet. It's an amazing school. I love that it is close to our home and it's also one of the newest schools in PUSD! Teachers and staff are very friendly, courteous and treats everyone with respect. It recently was named one of the Best High Schools in America by U.S. News!!! I am proud to be a parent of a DRHS student! "We Are D.R.!!!" read more

Our daughter graduated from DRHS in 2003. That was 13 years ago, but we have fond memories of a school that was new and just starting out. She got a good education there, and had Mostly AP courses. She participated in ASB, Volleyball, Softball, Soccer, Choir, and Drama. Most of the teachers there cared and were good teachers. We had few problems there, and only good memories. We were very involved parents. She ended up scoring fairly high on her SAT's, attended and graduated from UC. Berkeley. If your child qualifies, there is a scholarship to UC Berkeley for Pomona Unified students. It is called the Cecil Ditty Scholarship. Our daughter didn't qualify, as our income was a bit higher than they required. Cecil A. Ditty was born in 1895. He moved to Pomona with his family in the early 1900's and attended Pomona schools. His father was a dentist with an office located on 2nd Street in downtown Pomona. He graduated from Pomona H.S. He went to college at U.C. Berkeley. He became an accountant at U.C. Berkeley and worked there until his retirement. He died in 1979 and left a substantial amount of money to UC Berkeley for needy Pomona Unified graduates who qualify academically. I hope the scholarship still exists. I am not sure how the school is now, but it was great when our daughter was there. We had good times, and she received a good education. read more

Terrible Administrative team. I was a student there and I was forced to transfer schools because of constant issues. Stuff missing from my locker, (Money, wallet, etc), had constant issues with students and staff. I filed reports but to no avail. I transferred schools to escape the constant problems I was facing during the school week on a daily basis. I had to call to request my PSAT scores because I had taken the test while enrolled here. The dean wasn't in so he decided to call me back at 6 PM Saying it would be mailed ASAP. That was in February. It's now June and I haven't received anything. Shady Practices indeed. And to top it all off, they wondered why I didn't like going to school. I missed 9 days during the school year and the attendance clerk threatened to have truancy officers go visit my mom, and also said that my mom wasn't a good parent. I reported this incident and the exact response I got was "maybe she didn't have lunch yet". Extremely unprofessional. The teachers in my experience were good. The classes were good. The issue with this school is the Admin team and the fact that they give harsh consequences to light offenders and vice Versa. Extremely dirty campus to mention also, the architectural structure is amazing but they don't keep it clean. I.E bathrooms with no stall doors or seat covers, graffiti everywhere in bathrooms, 95 percent of drinking fountains don't work, insects/occasional rodents on the classrooms. I attended PUSD schools from kindergarten thru 10th grade and I'm glad I transferred. read more

I have 2 sons, Big one graduates from Diamond Bar high and continue studies in UC riverside. The little one graduates from Diamond Ranch High & continue to UC Berkeley. I need to spend huge $$$ and get private tutors for my big one when he at Diamond Bar high. My little one gets great school support from Diamond Ranch high. I never have any headache on his school work. I strong recommend Diamond Ranch read more