Summary
Silver Creek Elementary School in Berea, Madison County, serves prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolls 490 students. The district has a stronger SchoolDigger standing than the school itself, and the most important finding is that Silver Creek trails nearby schools in all six tested subjects, with particularly weak math and science results.
Math and science are the clearest areas of concern. In 2025–2026, the school averaged 27% proficient in math across grades 3–5, compared with 43% for the district, 43% statewide, and 43% among nearby schools. In fourth-grade science, 24% were proficient, versus 39% in the district, 40% statewide, and 38% at nearby schools with reported results. Silver Creek had the lowest third- and fifth-grade math results among nearby schools with reported scores and the lowest fourth-grade science result among those reporting. Writing is a relative bright spot: 40% proficient was 5 points above the state’s 35%, though below the district’s 47% and nearby schools’ 44%. Reading averaged 50%, close to the state’s 50%, but below the nearby-school average of 57%.
Results have weakened over time in several subjects: the school’s average math proficiency fell from 38% in 2022–2023 to 27% in 2025–2026, and fourth-grade science dropped from 32% to 24%. Social studies and editing and mechanics also declined, while reading rose overall. SchoolDigger ranks Silver Creek 464th of 684 schools, at the 32nd percentile with 2 stars; by comparison, the district ranks 29th of 158, at the 82nd percentile with 4 stars. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 14.3, close to the nearby-school average of 14.1. In that school year, 59% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch, close to the average of 59% at nearby Madison County schools. Chronic absenteeism improved from 36% in 2022–2023 to 23% in 2025–2026, slightly below the state’s 24% and the district’s 24%. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 ranking for Special Education Students was at the 6th percentile, 26 points below the school’s overall standing, signaling much weaker results for that group on its comparative measure. The Male Students ranking fell from the 50th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 20th in 2025–2026, also below the overall school standing.
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