Silver Creek Middle School

Located at 495 N Indiana Ave, in Sellersburg, Indiana, Silver Creek Middle School is an average-sized intermediate school that caters to 748 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Silver Creek School Corporation. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 594 students.

Silver Creek School Corporation runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 3,214 students. Silver Creek Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silver Creek Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clark County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Silver Creek Middle School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Silver Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 43.7%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clark County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,214 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Clark County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students), Silver Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Silver Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Silver Creek Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Silver Creek Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.