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Silver Creek School

4901 Nelson Road, Longmont, CO, 80503 -

tel: (720)494-3721
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Definition of Terms

Silver Creek School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Boulder County, CO

Students & Faculty

Total Students

815 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

40 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 196 students

Grade 10 - 207 students

Grade 11 - 208 students

Grade 12 - 204 students

This School

(CO) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:20

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CO) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	3%	3%
% Hispanic	8%	29%
% Black	1%	5%
% White	88%	60%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CO) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

29%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(CO) Statewide Testing Performance

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School District Name

St Vrain Valley Re 1j School District

This School's Agency

(CO) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	44	3
Number of Students Managed	23,953 students	613 students
District Total Revenue	$178,608,000	$5,882,000
District Expenditure	$220,773,000	$5,502,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,457	$9,630
District Expenditure / Student	$9,217	$9,250

Silver Creek High School is a school located in Longmont, Colorado. Silver Creek's mascot is the raptor. The school is part of the Saint Vrain Valley School District. Silver Creek also is the host building for Universal High School. Silver Creek is one of the newest high schools in the Longmont area. Silver Creek is located at 4901 Nelson Road.
Classes: A wide range of classes are offered at Silver Creek. Standard "Core Classes" such as Math, English, Science, and Social Studies are taught at the school, as well as a small range of electives. Students can study many topics including cooking, music, art, literature, philosophy, and several other subjects. Silver Creek offers only French and Spanish as foreign languages, but may offer Mandarin Chinese as an online class during the 2007-2008 school year.
Extracurricular Activities: Silver Creek offers a very wide range of extracurricular activities including band, choir, newspaper, and a wide range of sports.
School Colors and Mascot: The official colors of Silver Creek are Maroon and Silver. The mascot is a Raptor, which is often depicted as an owl. This has led to controversies over students wearing Hooters shirts to school. Hooters shirts were eventually banned by the staff.
Scheduling Controversies: Silver Creek has had a history of controversies over the schedule of the school. One of the first of such controversies was the changing of the "access blocks." Students were originally given access blocks which they could use as study halls every Wednesday. Students who were performing well and were caught up were allowed to leave early. The school decided to switch over to having each student spend half of each block in each of their four blocks. Each block was ninety minutes so this meant that on Wednesday each of the four blocks allowed for 45 minutes of class and 45 minutes of study hall. Several of the teachers complained about the shortening of class on Wednesday and access was gradually phased out. In the start of the 2006 school year, the school switched from using its original block schedule where each class was 90 minues long and there were 4 classes per day to using an alternating block were there were still 4 ninety minute blocks, but they rotated by day were students would have "silver day" classes one day and "maroon day" classes. This was done so that core classes such as English, Math, Social Studies, and Science, which previously took half of a school year would require an entire year. This has been met with mixed reactions by students and teachers.
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About This Zip Code (80503)

School Zip (80503)

(CO) State Average

Population (Approximate)

25,544 people

4,157,972 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

55%

33%

Population Average Age

39 years old

34 years old

Average Household size

2.6 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$71,605

$49,703

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.9 rooms

5.7 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

23 years old

35 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

79% / 21%

67% / 33%

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1. Lyons Middle/senior High School - 410 students - view location
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