Enrollment
173
High
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 410
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILLIPSBURG·NCES 201065000606
Phillipsburg High
410 S 7th, Phillipsburg, KS 67661 · (785) 543-5251 · Phillips County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Kansas public high schools
- A-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.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
74 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
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 9 | 47 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 39 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 27% |
Student demographics
12%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Phillipsburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
41.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 | 41.5% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 25.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Phillipsburg High
Phillipsburg High's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg High this school | 173 | 42.8% | 37.7% |
| Kingman High Kingman | 198 | 43.9% | 27.9% |
| Norton High Norton | 181 | 45.9% | 25.4% |
| Osborne Junior/Senior High Osborne | 157 | 42.7% | 40.3% |
| McLouth High McLouth | 125 | 42.4% | 16.2% |
| Sylvan-Lucas Unified Jr. sr Sylvan Grove | 144 | 45.1% | 24.7% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Phillipsburg High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #51 of 262 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #91 of 262 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #100 of 262 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #197 of 332 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #139 of 263 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #19 of 100 |
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
173
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 191
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 173 | 20.1 | 8.6:1 | 43% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 18.4 | 9.9:1 | 46% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 16.7 | 10.8:1 | 38% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 31% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 17.6 | 11.6:1 | 35% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 19 | 9.9:1 | 33% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 222 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 36% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 21 | 11.0:1 | 23% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 191 | 22 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillipsburg High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (204 to 173); teachers up 14% (17.6 to 20.1).
About Phillipsburg High
The public high school Phillipsburg High is located in Phillipsburg, Kansas. The school enrolls 173 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Kansas average about 410 students, which makes this school 58% below average.
Phillipsburg High is run by Phillipsburg, whose 3 schools enroll 585 students.
Phillipsburg High is 94% White by enrollment. Next come 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Phillips County, where about 93% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.
Its staff includes 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 8.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas is 3.3 students per teacher. Roughly 43% of students at Phillipsburg High can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Phillipsburg High earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Kansas public high schools.
Phillipsburg High is 4.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.7% versus 41.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
The school is in Phillips County, where the median household earns about $62,123 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Phillips County, 7 public schools serve about 813 students.
Of the public schools around it, Phillipsburg High is closest to Phillipsburg Elem, about 0.5 miles away. Phillipsburg High has 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Phillipsburg High at 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put Phillipsburg High in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 181 (2020-21) to 173 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.6:1) than in 2020-21 (10.7:1).
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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 ElemElementary · 233 students
- Phillipsburg MiddleMiddle · 179 students
Other schools in Phillipsburg
- Phillipsburg ElemElementary · 233 students
- Phillipsburg MiddleMiddle · 179 students
Other Phillipsburg High schools
One other US public school is named Phillipsburg High. Phillipsburg High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Phillipsburg High SchoolPHILLIPSBURG, NJ · 1,750 students
Nearby schools
- Phillipsburg Elem0.5 mi · 233
- Phillipsburg Middle0.7 mi · 179
- THUNDER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL10.8 mi · 72
- Logan Elem14.7 mi · 76
- Logan High14.7 mi · 49
- THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL15.3 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Phillipsburg HighHow many students attend Phillipsburg High?
Phillipsburg High enrolls approximately 173 students in grades 09-12.
Is Phillipsburg High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Phillipsburg High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Phillipsburg High have?
Phillipsburg High employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Phillipsburg High?
Student demographics at Phillipsburg High are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Phillipsburg High public or private?
Phillipsburg High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Phillipsburg.
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