Silver Creek High School
3434 Silver Creek Rd., San Jose, CA, 95121-1845 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Silver Creek High School
School Level High school
School Type Magnet School
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Santa Clara County, CA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 2428 students
% Male / % Female 49%  /  51%
Total Classroom Teachers 96 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 683 students
Grade 10 - 621 students
Grade 11 - 580 students
Grade 12 - 544 students
This School
(CA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:25 1:23
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CA) School Average
% American Indian n/a 3%
% Asian 54% 8%
% Hispanic 36% 39%
% Black 5% 9%
% White 5% 36%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 21% 30%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 4% 7%
% Migrant Students Enrolled 2% 3%
School Performance:
(CA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name East Side Union High School District
This School's Agency
(CA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 23 7
Number of Students Managed 25,817 students 3,960 students
District Total Revenue $245,186,000 $37,604,000
District Expenditure $279,038,000 $39,520,000
District Revenue / Student $9,497 $9,496
District Expenditure / Student $10,808 $9,980
District Graduation Rates n/a n/a
In the News:
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School Notes:
  • Silver Creek High School is a high school located in San Jose, California which is operated by the East Side Union High School District. It is a California Distinguished School.
  • Emergency Events
  • Code Red
  • On the morning of May 8, 2007 Silver Creek was locked down after police saw suspects. The police notified school administrators of possible armed suspects in the area. Three suspects crashed their getaway car two blocks from the school, fleeing from a nearby home. One of the three suspects was apprehended.
  • Transformer Explosion
  • On September 26, 2007 during 7th period the school's transformer exploded, knocking out power and canceling classes for two days. The cause remains unknown but believed that the transformer cross phased.//vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18930009]
  • Accomplishments
  • Silver Creek is one of only eight high schools in the nation to produce two Olympic Champions. Millard Hampton, a graduate of Silver Creek, won a Gold Medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in the 400-meter relay and a Silver Medal in the 200-meter dash. Andre Phillips, also a Silver Creek graduate, won a Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in the 400-meter hurdles.
  • Silver Creek holds an annual Track and Field invitational titled "Hampton Phillips Classic" held at San Jose City College. The Track and Field meet in named after Millard Hampton and Andre Phillips. Silver Creek has won several CCS, League, and State titles in Track and Field and Cross Country.Silver Creek's Track and Field team remains in "Mt. Hamilton Division" in the Blossom Valley League.Silver Creek's Cross Country team also remains in "Mt. Hamilton Division" ever since the Blossom Valley League was created.
  • The AP Program at Silver Creek is the best in its district. Offering 18 AP Classes. Its AP Calculus Program is one of the best in the nation. For the past 26 years, students taking the AP Calculus BC Exam have had a 100% passing rate, obtaining an average score of 5.96. ON the other hand, AP Calc AB have also had 100% passing rates for 4 consecutive years so far. In 2007 it was the first time, that all AB students have passed with all 5s and one 4.
  • Silver Creek is also one of the few schools in the nation that offer a Japanese language program.
  • Silver Creek was shown on the television show MTV "Made" featuring a girl student trying to be made into a football player.
  • Silver Creek is the only school in ESUHSD to not have completed renovations of the Track and Field/Football stadium.
  • Track Records
  • Men
  • 100m - 10.4 (1973) - Millard Hampton
  • 200m - 20.8 (1974) - Millard Hampton
  • 400m - 47.78 (1990) - Curtis Shearer
  • 800m - 1:57.77 (1996) - Enrique Torres
  • 1600m - 4:15.72 (1996) - Enrique Torres
  • 3200m - 9:17.7 (1994) - Enrique Torres
  • 4 x 100 meters relay - 41.76 (1980)
  • 4 x 400 meters relay - 3:16.33 (1988)
  • 110 m hurdles - 13.84 (1997) - Arend Watkins
  • 300 m hurdles - 36.22 (1977) - Andre Phillips
  • Pole Vault - 15'6" (1996) - Nguyen Vong
  • Long Jump - 24'9" (1986) - Harold Rucker
  • Triple Jump - 50'11.5" (1986) - Harold Rucker
  • High Jump - 6'10" (1981) - Rory Flint
  • Shot Put - 57' (1977) - Ray Gonzales
  • Discus - 180' (1986) - Pellom McDaniels
  • Women
  • 100m - 11.8 (1978) Eloise Mallory
  • 200m - 24.7 (1978) Eloise Mallory
  • 400m - 55.2 (1976) Marquita Belk
  • 800m - 2:11.13 (2003) Cherie McPherson
  • 1600m - 4:46.74 (1983) Nanette Garcia
  • 3200m - 10:30.90 (1982) Nanette Garcia
  • 4 x 100 meters relay - 48.29 (1977)
  • 4 x 400 meters relay - 3:54.85 (2003)
  • 100 m hurdles - 15.00 (1993)
  • 300 m hurdles - 43.34 (2000)
  • Pole Vault - 9'6" (2005) Oanh Nguyen
  • Long Jump - 18'11 1/2" (1974)
  • Triple Jump - 37'8 1/2" (1995)
  • High Jump - 5'2 (1982)
  • Shot Put - 43'2 (2003) Kelechi Anyanwu
  • Discus - 144'5 (1982)
  • Demographics
  • As of 2006-2007, the school enrolls 2,379 students. The student demographic is mostly Vietnamese. The 2009 population is 70% Asian (Pacific Islander included), 22% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% African American. In 1969 the student demographic was 68% White, 29% Black, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.5% Asian, and 0.5% Native American.
  • Notable alumni
  • Matthew Fazzi American Rock Star. Guitarist of Taking Back Sunday
  • Boris Bandov Former pro soccer player
  • Millard Hampton: 1976 Montreal Olympics - Gold Medal (4 x 100 m relay) and Silver Medal (200 m)
  • David Merritt: Astrophysicist
  • Andre Phillips: won a Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in the 400-meter hurdles
  • Anthony Telford: Major League Baseball player.
  • Rodney Gregory Moore, Esq.,(Class of 78) President, National Bar Association (2008-2009)
  • See also
  • Santa Clara County high schools
  • External links
  • Silver Creek High School website
  • Silver Creek High School profile provided by schooltree.org
  • Silver Creek High School information
  • greatschools Silver Creek High School
  • East Side Union High School District website
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School Zip (95121)
(CA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 37,126 people 33,115,272 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 29% 32%
Population Average Age 31 years old 32 years old
Average Household size 4.1 persons 2.9 persons
Median Household Income $75,326 $48,909
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.5 rooms 4.8 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 34 years old 39 years old
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