Phillips Middle

Summary:

Phillips Middle is a public middle school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 609. The school is part of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district, which is ranked 24th out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Phillips Middle consistently ranks among the top middle schools in North Carolina, with students outperforming the state and district averages in mathematics, reading, and science. In 2023-2024, over 70% of students were proficient or better in these subjects, compared to the state averages of around 50%. The school's diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 44.99% White, 16.09% African American, 11.49% Hispanic, 19.21% Asian, and 8.21% two or more races, is a key differentiating factor. However, the school's performance for its African American and low socioeconomic status student subgroups is less impressive, ranking in the middle to lower range of North Carolina middle schools.

When compared to other nearby middle schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district, such as Smith Middle and Lakewood Montessori Middle, Phillips Middle generally outperforms its peers in academic metrics. However, some nearby schools also demonstrate strong academic performance, suggesting a high-quality education across the district. The diversity of the student populations and the varying performance of student subgroups across the nearby schools highlight the importance of understanding the unique needs and challenges of each school community.


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Public 6-8

 606 N Estes Dr
       Chapel Hill, NC  27514


(919) 929-2188

District: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
107th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,655 Help


Students who attend Phillips Middle usually attend:

High:    East Chapel Hill High

Student/teacher ratio:  10.7 Help
Number of students:  609

Racial breakdown:

White:
45.0%
Asian:
19.2%
African American:
16.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  29.9% Help


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Compare Details Phillips Middle ranks better than 86.5% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 2nd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.3. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Phillips Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District. Student population at Phillips Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (45%), Asian (19.2%), African American (16.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 29.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Phillips Middle is 10.7, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Phillips Middle is $12,655, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Phillips Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Phillips Middle 107th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Phillips Middle in the ranking list.)

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools 24th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Phillips Middle

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Rank History for all students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 86.67 33rd 598 94.5%
2007 84.71 35th 606 94.2%
2008 91.06 22nd 620 96.5%
2009 87.15 24th 630 96.2%
2010 84.99 35th 640 94.5%
2011 82.98 52nd 648 92.0%
2012 81.27 76th 662 88.5%
2013 92.46 40th 673 94.1%
2014 93.96 28th 627 95.5%
2015 89.90 52nd 705 92.6%
2016 88.70 49th 692 92.9%
2017 89.50 46th 694 93.4%
2018 85.00 65th 691 90.6%
2019 86.38 68th 737 90.8%
2021 88.97 59th 741 92.0%
2022 84.57 101st 786 87.2%
2023 87.15 82nd 784 89.5%
2024 83.30 107th 793 86.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.50 45th 221 79.6%
2019 81.37 24th 237 89.9%
2021 93.20 12th 248 95.2%
2022 83.85 27th 283 90.5%
2023 80.60 48th 302 84.1%
2024 81.77 41st 306 86.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.33 11th 151 92.7%
2019 98.38 3rd 211 98.6%
2021 52.89 61st 236 74.2%
2022 69.25 42nd 312 86.5%
2023 70.59 35th 318 89.0%
2024 73.20 39th 356 89.0%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 59.87 115th 473 75.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.48 416th 604 31.1%
2019 51.51 290th 639 54.6%
2021 45.73 312th 633 50.7%
2022 44.64 362nd 689 47.5%
2023 52.87 310th 735 57.8%
2024 47.22 371st 743 50.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.52 66th 656 89.9%
2019 83.88 80th 684 88.3%
2021 86.72 67th 706 90.5%
2022 82.37 109th 733 85.1%
2023 85.27 89th 731 87.8%
2024 81.72 112th 738 84.8%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.07 52nd 475 89.1%
2019 75.27 62nd 504 87.7%
2021 47.37 206th 478 56.9%
2022 64.58 76th 449 83.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 69.28 84th 416 79.8%
2021 72.28 85th 448 81.0%
2022 61.62 180th 450 60.0%
2023 62.16 191st 452 57.7%
2024 61.16 197th 461 57.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.36 72nd 665 89.2%
2019 87.55 62nd 697 91.1%
2021 89.34 57th 711 92.0%
2022 84.50 95th 748 87.3%
2023 85.73 86th 747 88.5%
2024 82.67 100th 751 86.7%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Asian students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.04 37th 95 61.1%
2019 67.35 40th 102 60.8%
2021 63.77 44th 99 55.6%
2022 65.54 47th 109 56.9%
2023 63.60 52nd 110 52.7%
2024 50.12 65th 110 40.9%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.30 288th 494 41.7%
2019 45.31 272nd 519 47.6%
2021 58.98 141st 533 73.5%
2022 43.83 279th 550 49.3%
2023 49.15 239th 559 57.2%
2024 33.97 380th 560 32.1%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.52 148th 472 68.6%
2019 79.75 57th 493 88.4%
2021 69.27 94th 522 82.0%
2022 65.09 141st 541 73.9%
2023 78.45 68th 553 87.7%
2024 74.15 87th 564 84.6%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Phillips Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.28 44th 596 92.6%
2019 89.51 48th 624 92.3%
2021 87.33 69th 632 89.1%
2022 86.89 69th 658 89.5%
2023 91.07 43rd 656 93.4%
2024 90.41 42nd 652 93.6%
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Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, 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.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Phillips Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 473 131 24 14 0 n/a n/a 2 644
1989 480 115 30 3 0 n/a n/a 0 628
1990 456 118 25 3 1 n/a n/a 0 603
1991 521 150 24 7 1 n/a n/a 0 703
1992 547 188 25 10 0 n/a n/a 0 770
1993 559 175 37 10 2 n/a n/a 0 783
1994 560 178 42 10 2 n/a n/a 0 792
1995 367 126 41 8 0 n/a n/a 0 542
1996 367 126 41 8 0 n/a n/a 0 542
1997 453 112 54 9 2 n/a n/a 0 630
1998 494 120 53 7 3 n/a n/a 0 677
1999 538 123 61 11 3 n/a n/a 0 736
2000 505 120 84 9 1 n/a n/a 0 719
2001 534 137 115 16 2 n/a n/a 0 804
2002 479 123 119 23 1 n/a n/a 0 745
2003 479 123 119 23 1 n/a n/a 0 745
2004 448 137 100 26 0 n/a n/a 0 711
2005 417 143 81 34 2 n/a n/a 0 677
2006 388 128 91 39 1 n/a n/a 0 647
2007 350 102 108 43 1 n/a n/a 36 640
2008 354 92 128 39 1 n/a n/a 26 640
2009 373 133 121 52 1 n/a n/a 0 680
2010 355 137 134 53 0 n/a n/a 0 679
2011 325 84 117 80 3 0 59 0 668
2012 286 87 107 72 3 0 86 0 641
2013 306 96 127 76 1 0 36 0 642
2014 319 97 128 72 2 0 37 0 655
2015 306 79 121 68 3 0 44 0 621
2016 312 73 130 68 2 0 53 0 638
2017 328 81 124 67 2 0 50 0 652
2018 327 94 137 78 1 0 40 0 677
2019 310 90 136 79 1 0 38 0 654
2020 347 93 157 95 1 0 50 0 743
2021 327 82 148 90 1 0 43 0 691
2022 314 102 119 73 1 0 56 0 665
2023 274 98 117 70 0 0 50 0 609

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 644 49.0 13.1 n/a
1989 628 52.0 12.0 17.7
1990 603 49.0 12.3 14.8
1991 703 51.0 13.7 12.7
1992 770 51.0 15.0 10.1
1993 783 63.0 12.4 14.9
1994 792 62.0 12.8 14.8
1995 542 50.0 10.8 18.8
1996 542 50.0 10.8 18.8
1997 630 55.0 11.5 14.9
1998 677 61.0 11.1 12.3
1999 736 61.0 12.1 16.6
2000 719 61.0 11.8 14.5
2001 804 61.0 13.2 15
2002 745 61.0 12.2 0
2003 745 61.0 12.2 0
2004 711 61.0 11.7 17.4
2005 677 61.0 11.1 16.8
2006 647 61.0 10.6 18.2
2007 640 58.7 10.9 20.7
2008 640 58.2 11.0 20
2009 680 58.7 11.6 21.5
2010 679 56.0 12.1 22.4
2011 668 54.8 12.1 23.2
2012 641 55.4 11.5 25.6
2013 642 53.4 12.0 26.8
2014 655 55.0 11.9 27.3
2015 621 52.0 11.9 24.6
2016 638 52.0 12.2 23.7
2017 652 53.9 12.0 25.2
2018 677 51.5 13.1 26
2019 654 51.7 12.6 24.9
2020 743 51.9 14.2 24.9
2021 691 52.6 13.1 22.3
2022 665 55.5 11.9 23.8
2023 609 56.6 10.7 29.9

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 644 49.0 13.1 n/a
1989 628 52.0 12.0 17.7
1990 603 49.0 12.3 14.8
1991 703 51.0 13.7 12.7
1992 770 51.0 15.0 10.1
1993 783 63.0 12.4 14.9
1994 792 62.0 12.8 14.8
1995 542 50.0 10.8 18.8
1996 542 50.0 10.8 18.8
1997 630 55.0 11.5 14.9
1998 677 61.0 11.1 12.3
1999 736 61.0 12.1 16.6
2000 719 61.0 11.8 14.5
2001 804 61.0 13.2 15
2002 745 61.0 12.2 0
2003 745 61.0 12.2 0
2004 711 61.0 11.7 17.4
2005 677 61.0 11.1 16.8
2006 647 61.0 10.6 18.2
2007 640 58.7 10.9 20.7
2008 640 58.2 11.0 20
2009 680 58.7 11.6 21.5
2010 679 56.0 12.1 22.4
2011 668 54.8 12.1 23.2
2012 641 55.4 11.5 25.6
2013 642 53.4 12.0 26.8
2014 655 55.0 11.9 27.3
2015 621 52.0 11.9 24.6
2016 638 52.0 12.2 23.7
2017 652 53.9 12.0 25.2
2018 677 51.5 13.1 26
2019 654 51.7 12.6 24.9
2020 743 51.9 14.2 24.9
2021 691 52.6 13.1 22.3
2022 665 55.5 11.9 23.8
2023 609 56.6 10.7 29.9

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 Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $480 (3.8%) $12,175 (96.2%) $12,655

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 68th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 82nd of 784 Middle schools
 1.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Phillips Middle)78.270.2
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)78.770.2
 8.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Phillips Middle)79.166.3
 12.8%
   6th Grade Reading (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)76.869.6
 7.2%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Phillips Middle)75.363.3
 12%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)75.864.9
 10.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Phillips Middle)81.463.3
 18.1%
   7th Grade Reading (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)76.667.1
 9.5%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Phillips Middle)72.180.4
 8.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)72.367.4
 4.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Phillips Middle)71.380.6
 9.3%
   8th Grade Reading (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)71.171.3
 0.2%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Phillips Middle)9191.7
 0.7%
   8th Grade Science (Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)86.982.6
 4.3%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students654609
 6.9%
African American9098
 8.9%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian136117
 14%
Hispanic7970
 11.4%
Pacific Islander00
White310274
 11.6%
Two or More Races3850
 31.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients24.9%29.9%
 5%


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

Phillips Middle ranks 107th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 609 students attended Phillips Middle.

Students at Phillips Middle are 45% White, 19% Asian, 16% African American, 11% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.


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