Silverhill School, Silverhill AL

Original Research by School Decision on Silverhill School

Silverhill School is a regular public elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade and sits in the small, historically agricultural town of Silverhill, Alabama. The town itself is in the middle of explosive growth, with its population jumping sharply in just a few years as it gets absorbed into the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metropolitan corridor. The school serves students up to sixth grade, after which children are bused to a middle school and high school in nearby Robertsdale. That means this is a school for families with younger children only; there is no local high school to walk to.

The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and a smaller share of students who identify as two or more races. A very large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a high-poverty context. The school is part of the Baldwin County district, which covers a large and fast-growing area of coastal Alabama.

State testing results from the most recent year show a mixed picture that families will want to look into closely. In English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three through six are near the middle, with fourth and fifth graders posting stronger results and third and sixth graders closer to half proficient. Math proficiency is considerably weaker across the board, and it drops sharply as students get older. Third graders had the strongest math results, but by fifth grade the share of students meeting proficiency is very small. Science results, available for fourth graders, are around the middle. When compared to other districts within Baldwin County, this school’s overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile. This is a soft spot, and a parent may want to ask the school how it supports math instruction, especially for upper elementary students, and whether there are interventions in place.

The available data does not include information on chronic absenteeism or graduation rates, which is expected because this school does not serve high school grades. Information on special education and English learner populations was also not reported. The school’s discipline data, staffing ratios, and course access offerings are absent from the records, so those are open questions a family would need to raise directly with the school.

Silverhill’s housing market reflects the rapid growth of the broader region, with home values near the national median and trending upward. The town is compact and auto-oriented, with a traditional downtown core of small shops and historic buildings. The school itself is located in town, and the original schoolhouse building now serves as the public library and a museum, giving the school a visible place in the community’s identity.

For a family considering this school, the core takeaway is that it is a pre-K through sixth grade elementary school in a town experiencing fast residential growth, serving a student population with high economic need. Academic performance on state tests is strongest in reading for some grades but notably weak in math, particularly by fifth grade. The school sits within a large county district, and students will transition to a different school system for middle and high school. A parent should plan to ask about math instruction and support, the availability of interventions for struggling students, and how the school is managing the pressures of the area’s rapid population increase.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 49% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 46% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 41% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 44% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 72% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 68% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 74% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 70% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Science

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 53% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolBaldwin County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income69%Higher-income52%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income7%Higher-income0%7 pp gap