Summary:
ZIP code 47172 covers Sellersburg, Indiana, where five schools serve roughly 3,886 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Four of them — Silver Creek Primary School (PK–1), Silver Creek Elementary School (2–5), Silver Creek Middle School (6–8) and Silver Creek High School (9–12) — belong to the Silver Creek School Corporation, which ranks 73rd of 374 Indiana districts, placing it in the 80th percentile with 4 stars. The fifth, Rock Creek Community Academy, is a K–12 charter school that operates as its own district and has no district rank or star rating listed.
Among ranked schools, Silver Creek Middle School is the strongest: it has held 4 stars for three straight years and climbed from the 71st to the 81st percentile. Its 8th grade ELA score of 63.72% and 8th grade math score of 46.46% both exceed state averages. Silver Creek Elementary School has improved from the 57th to the 67th percentile, with strong 3rd and 4th grade math. Silver Creek Primary School has no state tests because of its PK–1 grades, but posts the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 1.9%. Rock Creek Community Academy has a 100% graduation rate, the smallest classes (13.7 students per teacher) and the lowest spending ($8,371), yet its 8th grade math is just 9.76%, far below the state's 34.2%.
Families should note that absenteeism climbs sharply with grade level in the Silver Creek schools, from 1.9% at the primary to 22.4% at the high school, well above the state's 16.7%. Both Silver Creek High School and Rock Creek Community Academy trail the state in SAT math. The Silver Creek School Corporation overall is strong, but results vary a lot from school to school.
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