Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILLIPSBURG·NCES 201065000604
Phillipsburg Elem
300 Nebraska Avenue, Phillipsburg, KS 67661 · (785) 543-2174 · Phillips County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
107 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (37).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Phillipsburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
55.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 52.9% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Phillipsburg Elem
Phillipsburg Elem's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg Elem this school | 233 | 45.9% | 57.0% |
| Wiley Elem Holcomb | 218 | 46.8% | N/A |
| Atchison County Community Elementary School Effingham | 244 | 48.0% | 48.8% |
| Plainville Elem Plainville | 256 | 44.5% | 29.2% |
| Doniphan West Elementary School Denton | 211 | 46.4% | 49.3% |
| NLC Elementary School Americus | 223 | 47.5% | 42.5% |
Matched among Kansas elementary 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 Phillipsburg Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #130 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #160 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #84 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #492 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #60 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #528 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #413 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #348 of 377 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
233
+11 (+5%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 233 | 20.4 | 11.4:1 | 46% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 17.9 | 11.5:1 | 53% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 218 | 16.9 | 12.9:1 | 48% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 40% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 15.8 | 15.1:1 | 45% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 50% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 21 | 11.4:1 | 50% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 36% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillipsburg Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (238 to 233); teachers up 29% (15.8 to 20.4).
About Phillipsburg Elem
Phillipsburg Elem is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Phillipsburg, Kansas. It offers pre-K through 4 and has 233 students enrolled. That is 26% below the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
The Phillipsburg system has 3 schools and 585 students.
At Phillipsburg Elem, 92% of students are White. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Phillips County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Phillipsburg Elem is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Phillipsburg Elem reported 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1. There are 107 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 46% of enrollment.
Phillipsburg Elem holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of Kansas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Phillipsburg Elem in the top 10% of Kansas schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.8 points above it (57.0% actual, 40.2% predicted).
Phillips County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $62,123, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Phillips County's 7 public schools enroll about 813 students and include Phillipsburg Elem.
Among nearby public schools, Phillipsburg High is closest at about 0.5 miles. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Phillipsburg Elem. On state test proficiency, Phillipsburg Elem ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Phillipsburg Elem is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 233 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.1:1 in 2020-21 to 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Phillipsburg Elem. You can also rate the school on this page.
Phillips County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,813
Census ACS
Median income
$62,123
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Phillipsburg
- Phillipsburg MiddleMiddle · 179 students
- Phillipsburg HighHigh · 173 students
Other schools in Phillipsburg
- Phillipsburg MiddleMiddle · 179 students
- Phillipsburg HighHigh · 173 students
Other Phillipsburg Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Phillipsburg Elementary. Phillipsburg Elem is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Phillipsburg Elementary SchoolPHILLIPSBURG, NJ · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Phillipsburg High0.5 mi · 173
- Phillipsburg Middle0.5 mi · 179
- THUNDER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL11.2 mi · 72
- Logan Elem14.5 mi · 76
- Logan High14.5 mi · 49
- THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL15.7 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Phillipsburg ElemHow large is Phillipsburg Elem?
Phillipsburg Elem enrolls approximately 233 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Phillipsburg Elem serve?
Phillipsburg Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Phillipsburg Elem?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Phillipsburg Elem.
How diverse is Phillipsburg Elem?
Phillipsburg Elem reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Phillipsburg Elem public or private?
Phillipsburg Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Phillipsburg.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.