Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Summary:

Phillips Preparatory Middle School is a high-performing public middle school in Mobile, Alabama, serving 499 students in grades 6-8. This school stands out as a shining example within the Mobile County school district, consistently ranking among the top middle schools in the state.

One of the key factors that sets Phillips Preparatory Middle School apart is its exceptional academic performance. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for several years, indicating exceptional academic achievement. In the 2023-2024 school year, 90.36% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in English, far surpassing the Mobile County and Alabama state averages of 48.57% and 53.32%, respectively. This high level of proficiency is consistent across grade levels and subject areas, showcasing the school's commitment to academic excellence.

Another notable aspect of Phillips Preparatory Middle School is its diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 36.67% White, 44.29% African American, 6.21% Hispanic, and 9.02% Asian. This diversity is particularly impressive when compared to nearby schools, such as Mobile County Training Middle School, which has a more homogeneous student body. Despite the socioeconomic challenges faced by nearly half of its students, Phillips Preparatory Middle School continues to excel, demonstrating its dedication to equity and inclusion in education.


Detail:

Public, Magnet 6-8

 3255 Old Shell Rd
       Mobile, AL  36607


(251) 221-2286

District: Mobile County

SchoolDigger Rank:
32nd of 442 Alabama Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,903 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  14.2 Help
Number of students:  499

Racial breakdown:

African American:
44.3%
White:
36.7%
Asian:
9.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  47.9% Help


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Compare Details Phillips Preparatory Middle School ranks better than 92.8% of middle schools in Alabama. It also ranks 2nd among 16 ranked middle schools in the Mobile County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 92.07. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (44.3%), White (36.7%), Asian (9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 47.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Mobile County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Phillips Preparatory Middle School is 14.2, which is the 3rd best among 16 middle schools in the Mobile County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Phillips Preparatory Middle School is $7,903. 14 middle schools in the Mobile County School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Phillips Preparatory Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Phillips Preparatory Middle School 32nd of 442 Alabama public middle schools. (See Phillips Preparatory Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Mobile County:

SchoolDigger ranks Mobile County 96th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Phillips Preparatory Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 98.18 2nd 407 99.5%
2005 98.17 2nd 415 99.5%
2006 98.01 4th 409 99.0%
2007 96.90 3rd 412 99.3%
2008 97.23 3rd 417 99.3%
2009 97.00 2nd 425 99.5%
2010 95.02 3rd 435 99.3%
2011 94.05 4th 435 99.1%
2012 92.43 5th 436 98.9%
2013 91.04 3rd 436 99.3%
2014 98.14 4th 438 99.1%
2015 98.61 6th 430 98.6%
2016 98.42 8th 432 98.1%
2017 98.96 5th 432 98.8%
2018 98.88 3rd 423 99.3%
2019 97.99 8th 437 98.2%
2021 95.44 13th 440 97.0%
2022 96.57 10th 432 97.7%
2023 97.38 7th 437 98.4%
2024 92.07 32nd 442 92.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.54 1st 30 96.7%
2019 98.67 1st 46 97.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 99.82 1st 349 99.7%
2018 98.96 2nd 396 99.5%
2019 98.46 4th 396 99.0%
2021 97.91 1st 415 99.8%
2022 90.51 13th 421 96.9%
2023 94.53 8th 410 98.0%
2024 90.69 20th 437 95.4%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 95.92 2nd 25 92.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 98.32 4th 380 98.9%
2018 97.21 7th 392 98.2%
2019 96.19 7th 399 98.2%
2021 92.39 18th 415 95.7%
2022 94.84 11th 423 97.4%
2023 95.79 9th 417 97.8%
2024 89.90 31st 426 92.7%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.00 5th 29 82.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 98.63 6th 380 98.4%
2018 99.46 2nd 397 99.5%
2019 98.28 6th 399 98.5%
2021 97.07 8th 418 98.1%
2022 96.22 8th 427 98.1%
2023 97.72 6th 419 98.6%
2024 92.89 26th 428 93.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 79.91 3rd 14 78.6%
2018 81.61 5th 18 72.2%
2019 69.22 6th 19 68.4%
2021 68.66 6th 22 72.7%
2022 71.54 4th 18 77.8%
2023 74.13 4th 15 73.3%
2024 68.62 6th 20 70.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 99.71 1st 205 99.5%
2018 99.78 1st 247 99.6%
2019 99.37 4th 252 98.4%
2021 94.94 8th 266 97.0%
2022 97.63 5th 271 98.2%
2023 97.93 5th 263 98.1%
2024 93.29 12th 269 95.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 97.53 2nd 124 98.4%
2021 90.89 7th 154 95.5%
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Rank History for White students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 98.71 3rd 247 98.8%
2018 99.44 3rd 331 99.1%
2019 98.69 6th 343 98.3%
2021 96.95 8th 369 97.8%
2022 98.39 4th 376 98.9%
2023 97.75 6th 370 98.4%
2024 93.37 19th 373 94.9%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Phillips Preparatory Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 702 702
1989 230 515 7 2 0 n/a n/a 0 754
1990 404 351 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 758
1991 413 345 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 758
1992 386 315 2 0 2 n/a n/a 0 705
1993 396 302 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 699
1994 422 377 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 800
1995 405 363 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 768
1996 405 363 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 768
1997 454 342 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 796
1998 430 357 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 787
1999 331 371 6 1 1 n/a n/a 0 710
2000 328 351 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 687
2001 351 366 17 2 0 n/a n/a 0 736
2002 351 372 29 7 2 n/a n/a 0 761
2003 351 372 29 7 2 n/a n/a 0 761
2004 376 369 30 7 3 n/a n/a 0 785
2005 367 373 31 12 2 n/a n/a 0 785
2006 389 373 30 11 0 n/a n/a 0 803
2007 403 380 31 7 0 n/a n/a 0 821
2008 392 382 37 10 0 n/a n/a 0 821
2009 386 395 37 11 2 n/a n/a 0 831
2010 396 383 30 9 1 n/a n/a 5 824
2011 416 379 26 13 2 0 0 0 836
2012 396 384 34 24 2 0 7 0 847
2013 349 401 40 39 2 0 8 0 839
2014 352 427 49 41 1 3 7 0 880
2015 356 452 54 20 2 2 10 0 896
2016 312 411 49 27 3 1 19 0 822
2017 312 389 45 25 3 0 35 0 809
2018 331 336 48 31 6 0 31 0 783
2019 299 322 54 39 6 0 35 0 755
2020 267 311 57 30 4 0 24 0 693
2021 225 289 59 28 2 0 26 0 629
2022 183 236 43 24 0 1 25 0 512
2023 183 221 45 31 0 0 19 0 499

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Phillips Preparatory Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 702 33.0 21.2 0
1989 754 37.0 20.3 n/a
1990 758 32.0 23.6 0
1991 758 32.0 23.6 n/a
1992 705 32.3 21.8 n/a
1993 699 28.0 25.0 n/a
1994 800 33.0 24.2 n/a
1995 768 33.5 22.9 n/a
1996 768 33.5 22.9 n/a
1997 796 32.9 24.2 17.8
1998 787 34.1 23.1 18.2
1999 710 35.0 20.3 11.8
2000 687 35.0 19.6 6.8
2001 736 33.0 22.3 34.2
2002 761 34.5 22.1 35.1
2003 761 34.5 22.1 35.1
2004 785 35.5 22.1 35.9
2005 785 38.0 20.7 37.2
2006 803 36.0 22.3 41.5
2007 821 38.0 21.6 37.8
2008 821 39.5 20.8 34.2
2009 831 40.3 20.4 35.7
2010 824 49.2 16.7 40.8
2011 836 52.2 16.0 41.6
2012 847 49.2 17.1 49.5
2013 839 55.2 15.1 51.7
2014 880 37.2 23.6 48.1
2015 896 39.0 22.9 25.3
2016 822 40.0 20.5 26.6
2017 809 40.2 20.1 26.2
2018 783 40.0 19.5 47.9
2019 755 38.0 19.8 47.9
2020 693 38.0 18.2 47.9
2021 629 38.3 16.4 47.9
2022 512 30.0 17.0 47.9
2023 499 35.0 14.2 47.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Phillips Preparatory Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 702 33.0 21.2 0
1989 754 37.0 20.3 n/a
1990 758 32.0 23.6 0
1991 758 32.0 23.6 n/a
1992 705 32.3 21.8 n/a
1993 699 28.0 25.0 n/a
1994 800 33.0 24.2 n/a
1995 768 33.5 22.9 n/a
1996 768 33.5 22.9 n/a
1997 796 32.9 24.2 17.8
1998 787 34.1 23.1 18.2
1999 710 35.0 20.3 11.8
2000 687 35.0 19.6 6.8
2001 736 33.0 22.3 34.2
2002 761 34.5 22.1 35.1
2003 761 34.5 22.1 35.1
2004 785 35.5 22.1 35.9
2005 785 38.0 20.7 37.2
2006 803 36.0 22.3 41.5
2007 821 38.0 21.6 37.8
2008 821 39.5 20.8 34.2
2009 831 40.3 20.4 35.7
2010 824 49.2 16.7 40.8
2011 836 52.2 16.0 41.6
2012 847 49.2 17.1 49.5
2013 839 55.2 15.1 51.7
2014 880 37.2 23.6 48.1
2015 896 39.0 22.9 25.3
2016 822 40.0 20.5 26.6
2017 809 40.2 20.1 26.2
2018 783 40.0 19.5 47.9
2019 755 38.0 19.8 47.9
2020 693 38.0 18.2 47.9
2021 629 38.3 16.4 47.9
2022 512 30.0 17.0 47.9
2023 499 35.0 14.2 47.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Phillips Preparatory Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $690 (8.7%) $7,204 (91.2%) $7,903

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Phillips Preparatory Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 8th of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 7th of 437 Middle schools
 0.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Phillips Preparatory Middle School)74.359.5
 14.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Mobile County)40.323.9
 16.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Phillips Preparatory Middle School)83.549.6
 33.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Mobile County)37.614.6
 23.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.121
 22.1%
8th Grade Mathematics (Phillips Preparatory Middle School)82.937.7
 45.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Mobile County)39.114.9
 24.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.721.1
 23.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students755499
 33.9%
African American322221
 31.4%
American Indian60
 100%
Asian5445
 16.7%
Hispanic3931
 20.5%
Pacific Islander00
White299183
 38.8%
Two or More Races3519
 45.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.9%47.9%
 0.1%


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Students at Phillips Preparatory Middle School are 44% African American, 37% White, 9% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 499 students attended Phillips Preparatory Middle School.

Yes. Phillips Preparatory Middle School ranks in the top 7.2% of Alabama middle schools.


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