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Phillips Middle

Q: Is Phillips Middle a good school?

Phillips Middle ranks 93 rd of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

93^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 88% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Phillips Middle is a high-performing public middle school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 572 students. The school is part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district, which is ranked 30th out of 242 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Phillips Middle consistently ranks among the top middle schools in North Carolina, maintaining a 4- or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's students outperform state and district averages in End-of-Grade (EOG) assessments for Mathematics, Reading, and Science. For example, in 2024-2025, 77.7% of 6th graders, 70.4% of 7th graders, and 67.9% of 8th graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 57.2%, 53.5%, and 48.7% at the state level, respectively. Phillips Middle also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.6 to 11.9 over the past three years, which is lower than the nearby schools.

When compared to other schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district and other nearby districts, Phillips Middle consistently outperforms them in academic metrics such as test scores and rankings. However, the school should continue to address achievement gaps for certain student subgroups to ensure equitable educational opportunities for all.

600

Students ?

11.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,655

Per pupil spending ?

27%

Free/discounted lunch ?

606 N Estes Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

(919) 929-2188

District: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

Students who attend Phillips Middle usually attend:

High:

East Chapel Hill High

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.3%

Asian:

21.8%

African American:

14.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 93rd percentile in 2015 → 88th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the North Carolina average (72% vs 54% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 12% of North Carolina middle schools

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school72%

District avg70%

North Carolina avg54%

93^rd of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Top 12%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From top 7% (2015) to top 12% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4Middle Schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

30^th of 242Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	85.0	93 of 773	88.0%	★★★★☆
2024	83.3	107 of 793	86.5%	★★★★☆
2023	87.1	82 of 784	89.5%	★★★★☆
2022	84.6	101 of 786	87.2%	★★★★☆
2021	89.0	59 of 741	92.0%	★★★★★
2019	86.4	68 of 737	90.8%	★★★★★
2018	85.0	65 of 691	90.6%	★★★★★
2017	89.5	46 of 694	93.4%	★★★★★
2016	88.7	49 of 692	92.9%	★★★★★
2015	89.9	52 of 705	92.6%	★★★★★
2014	94.0	28 of 627	95.5%	★★★★★
2013	92.5	40 of 673	94.1%	★★★★★
2012	81.3	76 of 662	88.5%	★★★★☆
2011	83.0	52 of 648	92.0%	★★★★★
2010	85.0	35 of 640	94.5%	★★★★★
2009	87.1	24 of 630	96.2%	★★★★★
2008	91.1	22 of 620	96.5%	★★★★★
2007	84.7	35 of 606	94.2%	★★★★★
2006	86.7	33 of 598	94.5%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	420 of 546	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.0	380 of 560	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	49.2	239 of 559	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.8	279 of 550	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	59.0	141 of 533	73.5%	★★★★☆
2019	45.3	272 of 519	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.3	288 of 494	41.7%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	56.5	62 of 111	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.1	65 of 110	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	63.6	52 of 110	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.5	47 of 109	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.8	44 of 99	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.4	40 of 102	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.0	37 of 95	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	64.6	76 of 449	83.1%	★★★★☆
2021	47.4	206 of 478	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	75.3	62 of 504	87.7%	★★★★☆
2018	73.1	52 of 475	89.1%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	81.7	30 of 371	91.9%	★★★★★
2024	73.2	39 of 356	89.0%	★★★★☆
2023	70.6	35 of 318	89.0%	★★★★☆
2022	69.3	42 of 312	86.5%	★★★★☆
2021	52.9	61 of 236	74.2%	★★★★☆
2019	98.4	3 of 211	98.6%	★★★★★
2018	84.3	11 of 151	92.7%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	86.0	74 of 733	89.9%	★★★★★
2024	81.7	112 of 738	84.8%	★★★★☆
2023	85.3	89 of 731	87.8%	★★★★☆
2022	82.4	109 of 733	85.1%	★★★★☆
2021	86.7	67 of 706	90.5%	★★★★★
2019	83.9	80 of 684	88.3%	★★★★☆
2018	85.5	66 of 656	89.9%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	63.0	184 of 458	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.2	197 of 461	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.2	191 of 452	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.6	180 of 450	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	72.3	85 of 448	81.0%	★★★★☆
2019	69.3	84 of 416	79.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	58.7	194 of 562	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	74.1	87 of 564	84.6%	★★★★☆
2023	78.5	68 of 553	87.7%	★★★★☆
2022	65.1	141 of 541	73.9%	★★★★☆
2021	69.3	94 of 522	82.0%	★★★★☆
2019	79.8	57 of 493	88.4%	★★★★☆
2018	61.5	148 of 472	68.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	50.7	337 of 729	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.2	371 of 743	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.9	310 of 735	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.6	362 of 689	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.7	312 of 633	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.5	290 of 639	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.5	416 of 604	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	82.1	110 of 733	85.0%	★★★★☆
2024	82.7	100 of 751	86.7%	★★★★☆
2023	85.7	86 of 747	88.5%	★★★★☆
2022	84.5	95 of 748	87.3%	★★★★☆
2021	89.3	57 of 711	92.0%	★★★★★
2019	87.6	62 of 697	91.1%	★★★★★
2018	84.4	72 of 665	89.2%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	90.3	15 of 328	95.4%	★★★★★
2024	81.8	41 of 306	86.6%	★★★★☆
2023	80.6	48 of 302	84.1%	★★★★☆
2022	83.9	27 of 283	90.5%	★★★★★
2021	93.2	12 of 248	95.2%	★★★★★
2019	81.4	24 of 237	89.9%	★★★★★
2018	74.5	45 of 221	79.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	62.7	92 of 478	80.8%	★★★★☆
2024	59.9	115 of 473	75.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	86.3	75 of 649	88.4%	★★★★☆
2024	90.4	42 of 652	93.6%	★★★★★
2023	91.1	43 of 656	93.4%	★★★★★
2022	86.9	69 of 658	89.5%	★★★★☆
2021	87.3	69 of 632	89.1%	★★★★☆
2019	89.5	48 of 624	92.3%	★★★★★
2018	90.3	44 of 596	92.6%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Multi-racial (2025)95th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)92nd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)90th percentile~ school

White (2025)88th percentile~ school

Male (2025)85th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)83rd percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2025)81st percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)65th percentile-22 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)60th percentile-28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)54th percentile-34 vs school

Asian (2025)44th percentile-44 vs school

African American (2025)23rd percentile-65 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science78%+18 vs state

Mathematics72%+19 vs state

Reading69%+17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)			EOG Reading (2025)			EOG Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Phillips Middle	Public	6-8	606 N Estes Dr	Chapel Hill	27514	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-2188	600	52	11.4	27.0%	272 (45.3%)	86 (14.3%)	59 (9.8%)	131 (21.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.5%)	85	93^rd of 773 public middle schools	88.0%		83.3	107^th of 793 public middle schools	86.5%	14	77.7	70.4	67.9	72.1	64.6	71.3	78.1	$12,655	$480	$12,175
Smith Middle	Public	6-8	9201 Seawell School Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 918-2145	763	56	13.6	22.4%	322 (42.2%)	104 (13.6%)	98 (12.8%)	170 (22.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (9.0%)	88.3	67^th of 773 public middle schools	91.3%		89.4	68^th of 793 public middle schools	91.4%	1	73.4	71.7	75.0	75.5	73.5	75.3	78.6	$11,562	$338	$11,224
McDougle Middle	Public	6-8	900 Old Fayetteville Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 933-1556	659	57	11.6	27.6%	359 (54.5%)	69 (10.5%)	167 (25.3%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.1%)	84.8	98^th of 773 public middle schools	87.3%		83	110^th of 793 public middle schools	86.1%	12	76.7	65.4	69.4	72.1	67.7	75.1	75.6	$13,223	$311	$12,913
Culbreth Middle	Public	6-8	225 Culbreth Rd	Chapel Hill	27516	Orange County	Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 929-7161	632	52	12.0	33.9%	287 (45.4%)	69 (10.9%)	190 (30.1%)	29 (4.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (8.7%)	70.3	198^th of 773 public middle schools	74.4%		69.8	210^th of 793 public middle schools	73.5%	12	67.7	57.0	63.8	60.0	54.1	63.8	71.5	$12,195	$336	$11,860
Sherwood Githens Middle	Public	6-8	4800 Chapel Hill Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 560-3966	878	51	17.1	99.7%	235 (26.8%)	238 (27.1%)	305 (34.7%)	37 (4.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (7.1%)	42.4	456^th of 773 public middle schools	41.0%		42.8	463^rd of 793 public middle schools	41.6%	7	50.7	52.1	43.3	49.5	49.0	49.4	48.5	$10,235	$1,013	$9,222
A L Stanback Middle	Public	6-8	3700 NC 86 South	Hillsborough	27278	Orange County	Orange County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 644-3200	648	45	14.4	57.7%	238 (36.7%)	69 (10.6%)	284 (43.8%)	12 (1.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.5%)	51.9	371^st of 773 public middle schools	52.0%		49	405^th of 793 public middle schools	48.9%	34	49.5	50.3	55.9	42.9	52.3	54.5	69.2	$11,425	$789	$10,636
Rogers-Herr Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	911 Cornwallis Road	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-3970	660	40	16.6	99.5%	195 (29.5%)	250 (37.9%)	155 (23.5%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	83.8	104^th of 773 public middle schools	86.5%		79.7	134^th of 793 public middle schools	83.1%	30	68.6	77.7	63.9	70.5	71.0	73.4	72.4	$11,594	$781	$10,812
Lakewood Montessori Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2119 Chapel Hill Rd	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 560-2894	309	20	15.2	99.0%	179 (57.9%)	51 (16.5%)	59 (19.1%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.5%)	95.7	31^st of 773 public middle schools	96.0%		93.4	42^nd of 793 public middle schools	94.7%	11	83.0	88.2	84.7	80.2	83.3	83.7	88.8	$14,182	$1,909	$12,273
James E Shepard Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2401 Dakota Street	Durham	27707	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3938	423	29	14.5	98.6%	10 (2.4%)	263 (62.2%)	129 (30.5%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	48.3	401^st of 773 public middle schools	48.1%		47.7	416^th of 793 public middle schools	47.5%	15	41.9	53.2	65.0	43.1	51.1	50.0	60.0	$11,998	$1,606	$10,392
Lowe's Grove Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4418 S Alston Avenue	Durham	27713	Durham County	Durham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 560-3946	564	29	19.7	99.5%	40 (7.1%)	269 (47.7%)	203 (36.0%)	12 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.1%)	6.7	737^th of 773 public middle schools	4.7%		9.1	743^rd of 793 public middle schools	6.3%	6	31.9	18.2	20.1	30.7	25.6	22.0	20.0	$11,779	$1,431	$10,349

Frequently Asked Questions about Phillips Middle

What high school do graduates of Phillips Middle attend?

Students who attend Phillips Middle usually go on to attend East Chapel Hill High

Is Phillips Middle a good school?

Phillips Middle ranks 93^rd of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Phillips Middle?

Students at Phillips Middle are 45% White, 22% Asian, 14% African American, 10% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races.

What district is Phillips Middle in?

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

How many students attend Phillips Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 600 students attended Phillips Middle.

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