School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Silver Creek ElementaryDraft

Adams 12 Five Star Schools · Thornton · elementary (grades 3–5)
−1.8
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Silver Creek Elementary scored 1.8 points below expected in English and 1.8 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 41st percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 80th), and #26 of 32 neighborhood elementary schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools. The difference is within normal year-to-year variation.

English vs. expected
−1.8
±2.3 pts · 41st pct. adjusted
English growth
55
median growth percentile · 56th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−1.8
±2.1 pts · 42nd pct. adjusted
Math growth
64
median growth percentile · 92nd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
40%50%60%70%202420252026English 60%Math 54%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−1.4−0.5−3.5
English growth (MGP)515560
Math vs. expected (pts)−1.3−1.1−2.8
Math growth (MGP)546375
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Kruse+13.1Northridge+12.9Hygiene+10.2Stony Creek+7.1Coyote Ridge+3.6Blue Mountain Elementary+1.7Coronado+0.1Red Sandstone−0.7Coyote Creek−0.8Gold Camp−0.9Mount Carbon−0.9Mead−1.0Hopkins−1.6Silver Creek Elementary−1.8Woodmen-Roberts−2.2Normandy−2.7Franktown−2.7Leawood−2.8Edith Wolford−3.4Discovery Canyon Campus−3.9Coyote Hills−4.4Shaffer−5.0Prairie Hills−5.2The Da Vinci Academy School−6.8Lewis-Palmer−7.1Van Arsdale−7.6

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado elementary schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+59%Free/reduced-price lunch21%English learners9%Students with IEPs12%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 5.3× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 532. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.