Enrollment
179
Middle
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILLIPSBURG·NCES 201065000605
Phillipsburg Middle
647 7th St, Phillipsburg, KS 67661 · (785) 543-5114 · Phillips County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL179 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Kansas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
95 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 46 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 28% |
Student demographics
14%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
Phillipsburg Middle→Phillipsburg High
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
43.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
42.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 | 43.5% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 20.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Middle
Phillipsburg Middle's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg Middle this school | 179 | 53.1% | 32.4% |
| West Franklin Middle School Pomona | 149 | 54.4% | 24.4% |
| Girard Middle Girard | 201 | 50.2% | 34.9% |
| Moundridge Middle Moundridge | 170 | 48.8% | 39.5% |
| Humboldt Middle School Humboldt | 144 | 52.1% | 26.2% |
| Riverton Middle Riverton | 147 | 51.7% | 20.3% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #94 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #59 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #81 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 179 | #167 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #93 of 195 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
179
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 179 | 15.3 | 11.7:1 | 53% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 177 | 13.3 | 13.3:1 | 52% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 14.7 | 12.1:1 | 46% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 13 | 14.1:1 | 44% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 184 | 14.1 | 13.1:1 | 31% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 16 | 11.0:1 | 38% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 173 | 16 | 10.8:1 | 43% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 210 | 16 | 13.1:1 | 30% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 217 | 17 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillipsburg Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (184 to 179); teachers up 8% (14.1 to 15.3).
About Phillipsburg Middle
Phillipsburg Middle is a small middle school in Phillipsburg, Kansas. It covers grades 5 through 8, with a total enrollment of 179 students. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students each.
Phillipsburg has a total of 3 schools and 585 students, Phillipsburg Middle among them.
Phillipsburg Middle enrolls a student body that is 93% White. It is also 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Phillips County is about 93% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Phillipsburg Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
Its 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.7:1. That ratio is under the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%.
Phillipsburg Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of Kansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Phillipsburg Middle is 36.8%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.4%.
Within Phillips County, median household income is about $62,123, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Phillips County number 7 and enroll about 813.
The school nearest to Phillipsburg Middle is Phillipsburg Elem, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of Phillipsburg Middle, there are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Phillipsburg Middle ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Phillipsburg Middle as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 183 to 179, a small change. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.1 to 11.7 over 4 years.
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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 HighHigh · 173 students
Other schools in Phillipsburg
- Phillipsburg ElemElementary · 233 students
- Phillipsburg HighHigh · 173 students
Other Phillipsburg Middle schools
One other US public school is named Phillipsburg Middle. Phillipsburg Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Phillipsburg Middle SchoolPHILLIPSBURG, NJ · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Phillipsburg Elem0.5 mi · 233
- Phillipsburg High0.7 mi · 173
- THUNDER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL10.9 mi · 72
- Logan High14.9 mi · 49
- Logan Elem14.9 mi · 76
- THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL15.4 mi · 60
Frequently asked questions
About Phillipsburg MiddleHow large is Phillipsburg Middle?
Phillipsburg Middle enrolls approximately 179 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Phillipsburg Middle serve?
Phillipsburg Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Phillipsburg Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phillipsburg Middle is approximately 11.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phillipsburg Middle?
At Phillipsburg Middle, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Phillipsburg Middle public or private?
Phillipsburg Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Phillipsburg.
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