Silver Creek Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in THORNTON, Colorado, Silver Creek Elementary enrolls 538 students from grades K through 5, operated by Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Silver Creek Elementary is one of 54 schools operated by Adams 12 Five Star Schools, a district that teaches 34,466 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Silver Creek Elementary logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Silver Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.8%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of +2.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household earnings sit near $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Silver Creek Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rocky Top Middle School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Silver Creek Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silver Creek Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

Silver Creek Elementary operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 600 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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