Phillips High School

Phillips High School is one of the minimally staffed senior highs in Bear Creek, Alabama, part of Marion County, with 200 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 71% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Across the 10 schools in Marion County (3,302 students total), Phillips High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Phillips High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Marion County (around 55%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Phillips High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.3%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the area at large, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $50,088, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Phillips High School is one of 14 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 4,506 students).

Nearest neighbor: Phillips Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Phillips High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Phillips High School's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 229 (now 200). Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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