Silver Creek High

Silver Creek High operates as a large secondary school in San Jose, California, part of East Side Union High. Current enrollment sits at 2,139 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 155% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

East Side Union High comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 19,736 students; Silver Creek High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Silver Creek High reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Silver Creek High has 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Silver Creek High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.9%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Silver Creek High is one.

John J. Montgomery Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silver Creek High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Creek High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Silver Creek High's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 2,537 (now 2,139).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.