Summary:
ZIP code 88061 covers seven schools serving roughly 2,071 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Six of them belong to Silver Consolidated Schools (1,870 students) and one is the independent Aldo Leopold Charter district (201 students). The mix includes four elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, with Silver High the largest at 618 students and K-only Sixth Street Elementary the smallest at 123.
Two schools clearly rise above the rest. Aldo Leopold Charter earns 4 stars and ranks 21st of 132 high schools (84th percentile), with all-grade science at 61.82% versus a 33.40% state rate and all-grade Language Arts at 55.56% versus 43.34% statewide. Jose Barrios Elementary is the top traditional elementary at 4 stars and 78th percentile, beating district and state in Language Arts (57.35%), math (37.50%) and 5th-grade science (64.10% versus 31.97%). G.W. Stout Elementary leads in math at 38.86% all-grade, well above the district's 27.76% and the state's 25.54%.
The main concern is Silver High, which dropped to 2 stars (42nd percentile) with 11th-grade Language Arts at 33.33% and math at 9.42%, both below district and state, though its 80.6% graduation rate matches the state. Math is the weaker subject across most of the area — only Jose Barrios and G.W. Stout clearly exceed state levels. La Plata Middle is solid in Language Arts (51.93%) but weak in math, and Harrison Schmitt Elementary is mixed, with 3rd-grade math under 20% but 4th-grade Language Arts at 61.02%. Sixth Street Elementary has only one current metric to compare, all-grade Language Arts at 53.47%, above district and state. Note the sharp socioeconomic contrast: Aldo Leopold's free/reduced-lunch rate is 47.26%, while Silver Consolidated schools run about 99.5% to 100%.
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