Phillipsburg Middle School

Phillipsburg Middle School is a junior high of mid-tier scale in PHILLIPSBURG, New Jersey, operated by Phillipsburg School District, enrolling 636 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

In terms of who attends, Phillipsburg Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 24% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 75% of students at Phillipsburg Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Warren County (around 36%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Phillipsburg Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 24.3%.

Around the school, Warren County reports that median household income runs about $100,869, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Warren County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students), of which Phillipsburg Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: March El Sch, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Phillipsburg Middle School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phillipsburg Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 645 students in 2018 to 636 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 37%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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