Enrollment
200
High
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 682
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION COUNTY·NCES 010231000869
Phillips High School
142 School Avenue, Bear Creek, AL 35543 · (205) 486-3737 · Marion County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Alabama public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
134 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 37 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 21% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
18.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Phillips High School
Phillips High School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips High School this school | 200 | 67.0% | 26.3% |
| Cherokee High School Cherokee | 206 | 63.6% | 26.9% |
| Samson High School Samson | 183 | 61.2% | 22.0% |
| EXCEL Academy Anniston | 196 | 60.2% | 18.1% |
| Hackleburg High School Hackleburg | 265 | 58.1% | 44.1% |
| Gaston High School Gadsden | 380 | 63.9% | 24.1% |
Matched among Alabama high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Phillips High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #165 of 305 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #153 of 305 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #94 of 305 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #307 of 319 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #123 of 307 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #255 of 307 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #85 of 317 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #84 of 164 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 200 | 12 | 16.7:1 | 67% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 14.5 | 14.6:1 | 75% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 14.5 | 14.3:1 | 76% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 12 | 16.8:1 | 53% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 11.9 | 19.3:1 | 66% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 12 | 18.7:1 | 71% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 16 | 15.5:1 | 72% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 59% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillips High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (229 to 200); teachers up 1% (11.9 to 12).
About Phillips High School
Phillips High School is a high school with a street address in Bear Creek, Alabama. It teaches 200 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Alabama have about 682 students on average; enrollment here is 71% lower.
Marion County runs 10 schools with a combined 3,302 students. Phillips High School is one of them.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Phillips High School. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic. That is in line with Marion County, where about 90% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 12 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. It is about the same as the 17.2:1 average for high schools in Alabama. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 67%. That is 12 points above the 55% average for public schools in Marion County.
Phillips High School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of Alabama public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Phillips High School falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 26.3% actual against 35.3% predicted.
The school's county is Marion County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $50,088 a year, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Marion County number 14, with about 4,506 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Phillips Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Phillips High School ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Phillips High School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 200, starting from 201.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,184
Census ACS
Median income
$50,088
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,506 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marion County
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Hamilton Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 449 students
- Guin Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Hackleburg High SchoolHigh · 265 students
- Brilliant SchoolCombined · 258 students
Other Phillips High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Phillips High. Phillips High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Phillips HighPhillips, WI · 204 students
- Phillips HighRaleigh, NC · 123 students
Nearby schools
- Phillips Elementary School0.0 mi · 240
- Phil Campbell High School4.9 mi · 382
- Phil Campbell Elementary School4.9 mi · 441
- Haleyville Middle School6.1 mi · 348
- Haleyville Elementary School6.3 mi · 785
- Haleyville High School6.3 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Phillips High SchoolHow large is Phillips High School?
Phillips High School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Phillips High School serve?
Phillips High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Phillips High School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Phillips High School.
How diverse is Phillips High School?
Phillips High School reports a student body of 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Phillips High School in?
Phillips High School is part of Marion County.
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