Silver Creek High

Summary:

Silver Creek High is a public high school located in San Jose, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,315 students. It is part of the East Side Union High School District, which is ranked 693 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Silver Creek High has consistently performed well in recent years, ranking in the top 20% of California high schools for the past several years. In the 2023-2024 school year, it ranked 291 out of 2,323 California high schools and received a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's students consistently outperform their peers in the district and the state on standardized tests, with 70.92% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 60.26% in the district and 55.73% statewide. In mathematics, 47.17% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 36.05% in the district and 27.9% statewide. Silver Creek High also maintains high graduation rates, with a 4-year graduation rate of 94.4% in the 2022-2023 school year, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

While Silver Creek High outperforms most nearby schools in the East Side Union High School District, Evergreen Valley High consistently ranks among the top 5% of California high schools and outperforms Silver Creek High across multiple metrics. Additionally, the school faces challenges in addressing the performance of certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, and addressing rising chronic absenteeism, which has increased from 9.1% in 2018-2019 to 17.0% in 2022-2023.


Detail:

Public 9-12

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


(408) 347-5600

District: East Side Union High

SchoolDigger Rank:
291st of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,642 Help


Feeder schools for Silver Creek High:

Elementary:    Cadwallader Elementary
    Holly Oak Elementary
    James Franklin Smith Elementary
    John J. Montgomery Elementary
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Middle:    Chaboya Middle
    George V. LeyVa Intermediate

Student/teacher ratio:  23.5 Help
Number of students:  2,184

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
60.4%
Hispanic:
31.6%
White:
3.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  38.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Silver Creek High ranks better than 87.5% of high schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 16 ranked high schools in the East Side Union High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.41. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Silver Creek High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (60.4%), Hispanic (31.6%), White (3.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 38.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Silver Creek High is 23.5. 14 high schools in the East Side Union High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Silver Creek High is $7,642. 13 high schools in the East Side Union High School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Silver Creek High:

SchoolDigger ranks Silver Creek High 291st of 2323 California public high schools. (See Silver Creek High in the ranking list.)

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East Side Union High:

SchoolDigger ranks East Side Union High 693rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Silver Creek High

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Rank History for all students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 52.17 464th 1653 71.9%
2005 56.68 469th 1901 75.3%
2006 55.83 552nd 1968 72.0%
2007 60.84 440th 2063 78.7%
2008 62.57 425th 2117 79.9%
2009 63.97 360th 2238 83.9%
2010 61.68 475th 2281 79.2%
2011 61.74 474th 2367 80.0%
2012 58.62 572nd 2354 75.7%
2013 60.17 533rd 2426 78.0%
2015 81.58 329th 1994 83.5%
2016 81.93 348th 2039 82.9%
2017 88.17 239th 2021 88.2%
2018 91.27 172nd 2017 91.5%
2019 89.43 183rd 2133 91.4%
2021 91.56 108th 1290 91.6%
2022 84.92 286th 2123 86.5%
2023 73.22 434th 2348 81.5%
2024 82.41 291st 2323 87.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 38.70 325th 515 36.9%
2023 46.31 364th 786 53.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.65 73rd 938 92.2%
2019 84.99 51st 941 94.6%
2021 97.94 7th 467 98.5%
2022 95.60 17th 1044 98.4%
2023 37.92 527th 1323 60.2%
2024 45.19 346th 1350 74.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 35.59 803rd 1547 48.1%
2024 27.46 1073rd 1534 30.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.70 109th 1862 94.1%
2019 93.50 90th 1937 95.4%
2021 93.34 53rd 1126 95.3%
2022 81.75 248th 1943 87.2%
2023 75.95 334th 2247 85.1%
2024 84.45 216th 2235 90.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.02 134th 1760 92.4%
2019 89.10 168th 1833 90.8%
2021 91.77 84th 1054 92.0%
2022 84.42 255th 1858 86.3%
2023 71.21 430th 2118 79.7%
2024 81.12 291st 2098 86.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.50 398th 1052 62.2%
2019 49.45 422nd 1117 62.2%
2021 50.46 202nd 555 63.6%
2022 27.59 892nd 1161 23.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.04 226th 1834 87.7%
2019 85.26 244th 1880 87.0%
2021 88.83 132nd 1122 88.2%
2022 81.78 300th 1916 84.3%
2023 72.33 427th 2207 80.7%
2024 81.76 282nd 2172 87.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.62 229th 581 60.6%
2019 63.57 235th 582 59.6%
2022 59.96 266th 581 54.2%
2023 42.45 447th 731 38.9%
2024 59.85 314th 712 55.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.10 219th 582 62.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.46 257th 1742 85.2%
2019 68.15 470th 1814 74.1%
2022 45.59 936th 1861 49.7%
2023 38.43 1166th 2142 45.6%
2024 49.31 844th 2125 60.3%
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Rank History for White students at Silver Creek High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.26 138th 1173 88.2%
2019 89.41 85th 1222 93.0%
2022 75.95 260th 1204 78.4%
2023 44.60 680th 1434 52.6%
2024 73.91 243rd 1406 82.7%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Silver Creek High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 580 298 786 716 40 n/a n/a 0 2420
1989 521 255 878 696 48 n/a n/a 0 2398
1990 469 207 865 577 53 n/a n/a 0 2171
1991 429 191 818 573 44 n/a n/a 0 2055
1992 398 141 861 565 46 n/a n/a 0 2011
1993 367 143 917 616 44 n/a n/a 0 2087
1994 355 141 982 635 33 n/a n/a 0 2146
1995 372 158 1059 767 24 n/a n/a 0 2380
1996 372 158 1059 767 24 n/a n/a 0 2380
1997 315 152 1139 750 17 n/a n/a 0 2373
1998 343 123 1243 725 18 n/a n/a 0 2452
1999 306 128 1350 744 17 n/a n/a 0 2545
2000 307 134 1425 773 9 n/a n/a 0 2648
2001 290 120 1425 767 10 n/a n/a 0 2612
2002 209 118 1363 753 5 n/a n/a 0 2448
2003 209 118 1363 753 5 n/a n/a 0 2448
2004 174 108 1298 801 5 n/a n/a 0 2386
2005 123 113 1299 800 9 n/a n/a 3 2347
2006 121 112 1303 880 12 n/a n/a 0 2428
2007 120 114 1312 817 11 n/a n/a 5 2379
2008 119 99 1325 837 8 n/a n/a 0 2388
2009 131 101 1324 850 9 19 9 0 2443
2010 135 92 1364 890 17 22 8 0 2528
2011 119 87 1348 854 12 17 26 0 2463
2012 99 77 1295 846 9 15 27 0 2368
2013 107 81 1327 794 8 15 35 0 2367
2014 101 70 1295 835 4 14 38 0 2357
2015 112 53 1356 899 4 23 18 0 2465
2016 119 59 1381 857 4 21 17 0 2458
2017 106 56 1428 862 6 21 19 0 2498
2018 103 63 1502 828 6 19 16 0 2537
2019 106 50 1440 797 8 17 17 0 2435
2020 117 45 1387 819 8 20 32 0 2428
2021 118 41 1417 817 10 19 75 0 2497
2022 107 43 1406 776 9 21 60 0 2422
2023 87 30 1388 731 9 10 59 1 2315
2024 67 32 1320 690 5 9 59 2 2184

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Silver Creek High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2420 96.7 25.0 n/a
1989 2398 92.4 25.9 n/a
1990 2171 92.0 23.5 n/a
1991 2055 92.5 22.2 n/a
1992 2011 94.0 21.3 19.8
1993 2087 86.8 24.0 20
1994 2146 96.6 22.2 16.4
1995 2380 99.2 24.0 7.9
1996 2380 99.2 24.0 7.9
1997 2373 102.9 23.1 5.8
1998 2452 106.4 23.0 5.1
1999 2545 112.4 22.6 21
2000 2648 112.6 23.5 21.3
2001 2612 117.2 22.3 19.2
2002 2448 114.5 21.4 27.4
2003 2448 114.5 21.4 27.4
2004 2386 104.1 22.9 28.1
2005 2347 96.7 24.3 26.6
2006 2428 96.1 25.3 25.7
2007 2379 101.6 23.4 31.8
2008 2388 125.7 19.0 38.1
2009 2443 105.8 20.7 35.4
2010 2528 100.4 25.1 43.4
2011 2463 n/a n/a 38.7
2012 2368 93.4 25.3 n/a
2013 2367 93.5 25.2 35.2
2014 2357 92.0 25.6 46.9
2015 2465 94.0 26.2 42
2016 2458 102.0 24.0 41.7
2017 2498 104.1 23.9 38.1
2018 2537 105.0 24.1 42.4
2019 2435 105.9 22.9 39
2020 2428 n/a n/a 38.1
2021 2497 99.5 25.0 36.1
2022 2422 101.3 23.8 33.3
2023 2315 94.6 24.4 25.4
2024 2184 92.7 23.5 38.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Silver Creek High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2420 96.7 25.0 n/a
1989 2398 92.4 25.9 n/a
1990 2171 92.0 23.5 n/a
1991 2055 92.5 22.2 n/a
1992 2011 94.0 21.3 19.8
1993 2087 86.8 24.0 20
1994 2146 96.6 22.2 16.4
1995 2380 99.2 24.0 7.9
1996 2380 99.2 24.0 7.9
1997 2373 102.9 23.1 5.8
1998 2452 106.4 23.0 5.1
1999 2545 112.4 22.6 21
2000 2648 112.6 23.5 21.3
2001 2612 117.2 22.3 19.2
2002 2448 114.5 21.4 27.4
2003 2448 114.5 21.4 27.4
2004 2386 104.1 22.9 28.1
2005 2347 96.7 24.3 26.6
2006 2428 96.1 25.3 25.7
2007 2379 101.6 23.4 31.8
2008 2388 125.7 19.0 38.1
2009 2443 105.8 20.7 35.4
2010 2528 100.4 25.1 43.4
2011 2463 n/a n/a 38.7
2012 2368 93.4 25.3 n/a
2013 2367 93.5 25.2 35.2
2014 2357 92.0 25.6 46.9
2015 2465 94.0 26.2 42
2016 2458 102.0 24.0 41.7
2017 2498 104.1 23.9 38.1
2018 2537 105.0 24.1 42.4
2019 2435 105.9 22.9 39
2020 2428 n/a n/a 38.1
2021 2497 99.5 25.0 36.1
2022 2422 101.3 23.8 33.3
2023 2315 94.6 24.4 25.4
2024 2184 92.7 23.5 38.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Silver Creek High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,642

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Silver Creek High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 183rd of 2133 High schoolsRanks 434th of 2348 High schools
 9.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Silver Creek High)75.161.6
 13.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (East Side Union High)62.361.9
 0.4%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Silver Creek High)53.739.2
 14.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (East Side Union High)41.834.6
 7.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Silver Creek High)39.123.5
 15.6%
   12th Grade Science (East Side Union High)32.219.9
 12.4%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students24352315
 4.9%
African American5030
 40%
American Indian89
 12.5%
Asian14401388
 3.6%
Hispanic797731
 8.3%
Pacific Islander1710
 41.2%
White10687
 17.9%
Two or More Races1759
 247.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39%25.4%
 13.6%


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Students at Silver Creek High are 60% Asian, 32% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Silver Creek High ranks 291st of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,184 students attended Silver Creek High.


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