Phillipsburg High School

Phillipsburg High School is one of the roomy senior highs in PHILLIPSBURG, New Jersey, part of Phillipsburg School District, with 1,750 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 929 students per school, that is 88% above typical.

Across the 5 schools in Phillipsburg School District (3,876 students total), Phillipsburg High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Phillipsburg High School logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Warren County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Phillipsburg High School lists 140 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at Phillipsburg High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Warren County (around 36%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Phillipsburg High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 32.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household income runs about $100,869, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Phillipsburg High School is one of 41 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students).

Lopatcong Township Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Phillipsburg High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 1,663 students in 2018 compared to 1,750 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 49% across the same window.

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