Phillipsburg Elem

Set in Phillipsburg, Kansas, Phillipsburg Elem is a cozy elementary-level community, part of Phillipsburg. It teaches 233 students across grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 313.

Within Phillipsburg, which oversees 3 schools and 585 students, Phillipsburg Elem is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Phillipsburg Elem lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Phillips County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Phillipsburg Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Phillipsburg Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.2%; actual is 57.0%, +16.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Phillips County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,123, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Phillips County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 813 students), Phillipsburg Elem is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Phillipsburg High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Phillipsburg Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phillipsburg Elem has remained close to its prior level, going from 238 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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