 However, Silliman continues to be an overwhelmingly white school.As of 2005, the student body's makeup was 98.18% white, with 2 black students out of 502 total.Meanwhile, Clinton, the city the school sits in, is 58% African-American; public schools in East Feliciana Parish are 64% African-American, and teachers there are paid an average salary of $31,559, 35% below the Louisiana average.