Phillips Middle

Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Phillips Middle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina enrolled 600 students in 2024-25 with 52.4 full-time teachers, 11.5 students per teacher against the North Carolina middle-school median of 16.2. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 65-69% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2021-22 (North Carolina: 50%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 1% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 8%

609 students in 2022-23, 572 students in 2023-24, 600 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 56.7 to 52.4.

Students enrolled at Phillips Middle by school year2022-23: 609, 2023-24: 572, 2024-25: 60002004006008002022-236092023-245722024-25600
Students enrolled at Phillips Middle by school year2022-23: 609, 2023-24: 572, 2024-25: 60002004006008002022-236092023-245722024-25600
Students enrolled at Phillips Middle by school year2022-23: 609, 2023-24: 572, 2024-25: 60002004006008002022-236092023-245722024-25600
Students enrolled at Phillips Middle by school year2022-23: 609, 2023-24: 572, 2024-25: 60002004006008002022-236092023-245722024-25600
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2360956.710.7
2023-2457253.710.6
2024-2560052.411.5

11.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 97 of every 100 North Carolina middle schools

Among the 467 North Carolina middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 16.2; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Phillips Middle 11.5; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherPhillips Middle 11.5state median 16.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Phillips Middle 11.5; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherPhillips Middle 11.5state median 16.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Phillips Middle 11.5; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherPhillips Middle 11.5state median 16.2U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, North Carolina middle schools, 2024-25240 values from 6.1 to 23.1; Phillips Middle 11.5; state median 16.2.510152025students per full-time teacherPhillips Middle 11.5state median 16.2U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 222 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Phillips Middle enrolled 665 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 38 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 222 of the 665 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions38
  • Chronically absent19.4% (2022-23)

Who attends

45.3% of students were White, 21.8% Asian, 14.3% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White45.3%
  2. Asian21.8%
  3. Black14.3%
  4. Hispanic9.8%
  5. Two or more races8.5%
  6. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested at Phillips Middle scored proficient or above: 65-69% in math, against 50% in math across North Carolina. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within North Carolina, not across states. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis schoolIts districtNorth Carolina
Math65‑69%68%50%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive): ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Chapel Hill

5 public middle schools in Chapel Hill report 2024-25 enrollment; Phillips Middle is number 5 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Smith Middle76313.721.4%
Margaret B. Pollard Middle73616.720.1%
McDougle Middle65911.626.3%
Culbreth Middle63212.131.2%
Phillips Middle60011.525.5%

All public schools in Chapel Hill →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Phillips Middle

  1. Smith MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 1.8 miles away: 763 students, 13.7 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
  2. McDougle MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 3.0 miles away: 659 students, 11.6 per teacher (2024-25).3.0 mi
  3. Compare Phillips Middle with Smith MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools spends per student$16,963 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,963
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaPhillips Middle is the number 229 by size of 472 North Carolina middle schools open in 2024-25.#229 of 472
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher11.5 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 16.2 for middle schools.11.5:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Phillips Middle

  1. How many students attend Phillips Middle?
    600 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 609 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Chapel Hill, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Phillips Middle?
    11.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for middle schools is 16.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Phillips Middle a Title I school?
    Phillips Middle was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Phillips Middle do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested at Phillips Middle scored proficient or above: 65-69% in math, against 50% in math across North Carolina. North Carolina's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Phillips Middle in?
    Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NCES district ID 3700720. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370072000302 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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