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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Silver Creek Elementary, Thornton, CO

CEP schoolSilver Creek Elementary is a public elementary school in Thornton, part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools. It enrolled 538 students in 2024-25, with 17.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
538
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
17.9
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.3. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.9
District17.3
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
15101 Fillmore Stre, Thornton, CO 80602
Phone
(720)972-3941
District
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
County
Adams County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
080690002028
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
81
Reduced-price lunch
25
Free or reduced-price lunch
10619.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Thornton

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.