Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Thornton/Schools/Silver Creek Elementary

Silver Creek Elementary

Silver Creek Elementary school profile in Thornton, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
70/100
durable school quality, supportive local context · high confidence
Enrollment
522
Enrollment has declined 8% over the available history.
FRL Share
20.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
753.1
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Silver Creek Elementary

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Academic Quality

71

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

71

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

50

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Thornton and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 41 · Colorado 50
70 41
2 Academic average
Peer 729.6 · Colorado 737.4
753.1 729.6
3 ELA
Peer 732.4 · Colorado 741
756.4 732.4
4 Math
Peer 728 · Colorado 736.9
752.5 728
5 Science
Peer 728.4 · Colorado 734.5
750.5 728.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 443 · Colorado 394
522 443
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Thornton 2.9 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.8 / 1k 2.9 / 1k
2 Market rent
Thornton $2,042 · Colorado $1,977
$2,873 $2,042
3 Home price
Thornton $506,295 · Colorado $556,199
$650,191 $506,295
4 Poverty rate
Thornton 5.7% · Colorado 10.1%
3.2% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$168,108 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
3.6% 21.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Silver Creek Elementary currently posts a blended academic reading around 753.1, with ELA at 756.4, Math at 752.5, and Science at 750.5. Against Thornton elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 71/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 8% over the available history. ELA has moved down 8 points over the available history. Math has moved down 1.3 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 71/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Silver Creek Elementary currently serves about 522 students. FRL share sits near 20.1%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 060002 carries violent crime around 2.8 / 1k, market rent near $2,873, median income near $168,108, and home-price context near $650,191. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80602 where rent context currently sits near $2,873 and home-price context near $650,191. Nearby violent crime has moved down 10% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Silver Creek Elementary currently reads as durable school quality, supportive local context. The total TractSignal school score is 70/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.