Elementary Schools in Silver Creek School Corporation

Elementary Schools in Silver Creek School Corporation consist of two schools serving Sellersburg, Indiana: Silver Creek Primary School for grades PK–1 and Silver Creek Elementary School for grades 2–5. Together they enroll 1,490 students in a district ranked 73 of 374 in Indiana, the 80th percentile with 4 stars.

Silver Creek Primary School stands out for attendance and resources. Its chronic absenteeism is just 1.9%, far below the district's 12.3% and the state's 16.7% — the strongest attendance figure in this data. It also has the smaller classes, with an 18.8 student/teacher ratio versus 20.8 at the elementary school, and spends $10,140 per student compared with $9,064, about $1,076 more per student. Its free/reduced lunch share is slightly lower at 33.14% versus 35.71%. Because it serves PK–1, it has no ILEARN or ranking history, so its academic impact cannot be compared directly on test scores.

Silver Creek Elementary School carries the state-tested grades 2–5 and has improved steadily: from 434/1011 (57th percentile) in 2023–24 to 398/1005 (60th percentile) to 334/1015 (67th percentile) in 2025–26, a 100-place gain, though it remains a 3-star school while the district is 4 stars. In 2025–26 ILEARN, its grade-level results generally exceed the state in ELA (Grades 3–5: 45.69, 50.83, 51.84 versus 40.8 and 42.2), Math (60.52, 55.79, 45.71 versus 51.9, 52.0, 42.0) and Grade 4 Science (45.87 versus 43.8). Its one clear relative weakness is Social Studies Grade 5: 44.49 versus 47.2 state in 2025–26 and 35.78 versus 38.5 in 2024–25. Its chronic absenteeism of 7.1% is also better than the district and state. Overall, both schools show strong attendance and solid, improving Math and ELA results, with Social Studies the notable gap.