Silver Creek High School

Silver Creek High School is one of the sizable four-year high schools in LONGMONT, Colorado, part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, with 1,208 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 93% bigger than the state mean of about 627.

Silver Creek High School is one of 54 schools operated by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, a district that educates 31,607 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Silver Creek High School lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Boulder County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Silver Creek High School lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Silver Creek High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.4%; actual is 33.9%, a gap of -16.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Boulder County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,994, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Boulder County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), of which Silver Creek High School is one.

The closest other public school is Altona Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Creek High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 1,371 students in 2018 compared to 1,208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Silver Creek High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.