Phillips High

Phillips High is a senior high of modestly sized scale in Phillips, Wisconsin, part of Phillips School District, teacheing 204 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Phillips School District (650 students total), Phillips High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Phillips High lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Price County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Price County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Phillips High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 76.7%; actual is 50.3%, a gap of -26.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Price County) shows that median household income runs about $60,546, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Price County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,464 students), Phillips High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Phillips Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Phillips High comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 204 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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