Silver Creek Elementary

Located at 209 N Dewey St, in Troy, Illinois, Silver Creek Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus that teaches 757 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Triad CUSD 2. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Silver Creek Elementary sits 99% above that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Triad CUSD 2 (4,009 students total), Silver Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Silver Creek Elementary records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Silver Creek Elementary has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madison County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Silver Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 57.2%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Madison County) records that median household income runs about $75,793, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Madison County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,253 students), of which Silver Creek Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is C A Henning School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Silver Creek Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 757 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window.

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