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Silver Creek High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
4901 Nelson Road
Longmont, CO 80503
Phone
(720) 494-3721
District
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
County
BOULDER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1215
Classroom Teachers
54

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

7

(10 is best)

Better than 66.7% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Silver Creek High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
40%
54%
50%
46%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
38%
53%
51%
27%
24%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
37%
52%
46%
34%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 285 23.5%
Grade 10 329 27.1%
Grade 11 290 23.9%
Grade 12 311 25.6%
Total 1215 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.0% 62.9% 52.8%
Black 1.5% 1.0% 4.9%
Hispanic 19.4% 32.0% 37.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.0% 3.7% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 22.1% 31.4% 44.2%
Free lunch eligible 18.8% 26.2% 38.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.3% 5.2% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 197,070 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 502.8 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.9% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 76,114 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.2% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.9% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 32.6% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.7% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.2% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.7% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.4% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 4.6% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,762 $214,754,000 47.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $876 $27,827,000 6.1%
Staff $468 $14,876,000 3.3%
General Administration $443 $14,066,000 3.1%
School Administration $956 $30,344,000 6.7%
Operation $1,609 $51,092,000 11.2%
Transportation $344 $10,928,000 2.4%
Other $845 $26,826,000 5.9%
Total Support $5,541 $175,959,000 38.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,032 $64,526,000 14.2%
Total Expenditures $14,335 $455,239,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,295 $6,314,971,000 43.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $982 $850,487,000 5.8%
Staff $763 $660,846,000 4.5%
General Administration $255 $220,670,000 1.5%
School Administration $1,021 $883,486,000 6.0%
Operation $1,308 $1,132,259,000 7.7%
Transportation $386 $334,413,000 2.3%
Other $1,045 $904,664,000 6.2%
Total Support $5,761 $4,986,825,000 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,829 $3,314,493,000 22.7%
Total Expenditures $16,885 $14,616,289,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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