Enrollment
118
Middle
DISTRICT 253 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370132000556
Phillips Middle
4371 Battleboro-Leggett Road, Battleboro, NC 27809 · (252) 446-2031 · Edgecombe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL118 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
115 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
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 6 | 39 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 35% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
35.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Phillips Middle
Phillips Middle's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Middle this school | 118 | 97.5% | 35.8% |
| South Creek Middle Robersonville | 146 | 96.6% | 31.2% |
| Enfield Middle S.T.E.A.M. Academy Enfield | 177 | 98.3% | 28.7% |
| Wadesboro Elementary Wadesboro | 215 | 97.2% | 30.1% |
| Weldon Middle Halifax | 133 | 97.7% | 33.8% |
| Reid Ross Classical Middle Fayetteville | 238 | 97.5% | 59.8% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Phillips Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Edgecombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #386 of 463 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #406 of 461 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #386 of 463 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 118 | #472 of 478 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #320 of 472 | #5 of 6 |
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
118
-21 (-15%) vs 2020
-80% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 118 | 9.5 | 12.4:1 | 97% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 111 | 7.2 | 15.4:1 | 97% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 11.5 | 11.2:1 | 98% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 139 | 10 | 13.9:1 | 98% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 120 | 9.7 | 12.4:1 | 98% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | 11 | 12.4:1 | 98% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 185 | 11 | 16.8:1 | 90% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 89% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 37 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillips Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (120 to 118); teachers down 2% (9.7 to 9.5).
About Phillips Middle
As a small middle school, Phillips Middle serves students in Battleboro, North Carolina. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 118 students. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average about 605 students.
Phillips Middle is one of the 19 schools that make up Edgecombe County Public Schools (6,310 students in total).
At Phillips Middle, Black students make up 74% of the student body. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. The school's Black share is 18 points above the 56% share among Edgecombe County residents. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 9.5 full-time equivalents, or about 12.4 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in North Carolina have 15.9:1, compared with 12.4:1 here. About 97% of students, or 115, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Edgecombe County.
allk12 grades Phillips Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Phillips Middle is -13.3 points: 35.8% actual, 49.1% predicted.
Phillips Middle is located in Edgecombe County, where the median household income is $51,265, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Phillips Middle is one of 27 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Coker-Wimberly Elementary, is about 4.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, Phillips Middle's enrollment dropped 15%, to 118. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2020-21 to 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Edgecombe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,736
Census ACS
Median income
$51,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
8,573 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools
- SouthWest Edgecombe HighHigh · 798 students
- G W Carver ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Martin Millennium AcademyElementary · 548 students
- G W Bulluck ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Tarboro HighHigh · 496 students
- Stocks ElementaryElementary · 389 students
Other schools in Battleboro
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- M B Hubbard ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- Coker-Wimberly ElementaryElementary · 236 students
Other Phillips Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Phillips Middle. Phillips Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Phillips MiddleChapel Hill, NC · 600 students
- Phillips MiddlePhillips, WI · 144 students
Nearby schools
- Coker-Wimberly Elementary4.9 mi · 236
- Rocky Mount Preparatory5.3 mi · 854
- North Edgecombe High5.9 mi · 358
- Baskerville Elementary6.0 mi · 225
- Baskerville Elementary6.0 mi · 321
- J W Parker Middle6.0 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Phillips MiddleHow large is Phillips Middle?
Phillips Middle enrolls approximately 118 students in grades 06-08.
Is Phillips Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Phillips Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Phillips Middle?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Phillips Middle.
What is the student diversity at Phillips Middle?
Student demographics at Phillips Middle are roughly 5% White, 17% Hispanic, 74% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Phillips Middle in?
Phillips Middle is part of Edgecombe County Public Schools.
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