Silver Hills Middle School

Silver Hills Middle School is one of the well-populated middle schools in NORTHGLENN, Colorado, run under Adams 12 Five Star Schools, with 965 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 109% above typical.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 34,466 students; Silver Hills Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Silver Hills Middle School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 23% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Silver Hills Middle School records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Silver Hills Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.0%, the actual is 21.2%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Adams County shows median household income runs about $94,571, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Silver Hills Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mountain Range High School, around 0.1 miles off. 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 Hills Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

Silver Hills Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Silver Hills Middle School's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,120 (now 965). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 51% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.