Summary:
High schools located in Phillips School District include one school, Phillips High, serving grades 9–12 with 204 students; the district is ranked 338 of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 22nd percentile with 1 star. Phillips High has several favorable indicators: a 98.1% graduation rate in 2024–2025 compared with 92.0% statewide, a 0.0% dropout rate compared with 1.1% statewide, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6, per-student spending of $15,803, and free/reduced lunch at 1.47%. Those completion, staffing, and economic indicators are strengths.
The main concern is attendance and a recent academic slide. Chronic absenteeism is 42.3% in 2024–2025, compared with 23.1% districtwide and 17.3% statewide. The school’s rank history shows 115 of 431, 73rd percentile, and 4 stars in 2023–2024; 112 of 431, 74th percentile, and 4 stars in 2024–2025; then 355 of 533, 33rd percentile, and 2 stars in 2025–2026. That is a drop of 41 percentile points from the prior year and a move from 4 stars to 2 stars.
Test scores reversed in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, Phillips High exceeded the state in all four tested subjects: ELA by 10.90 percentage points, mathematics by 14.41, science by 1.82, and social studies by 7.09. In 2025–2026, it fell below the state in all four: ELA 43.18% versus 48.47%, mathematics 34.09% versus 42.93%, science 31.82% versus 43.20%, and social studies 40.00% versus 48.25%. The largest year-over-year drop was mathematics, down 23.05 percentage points, and the largest state gap was science, 11.38 points below. With 204 students, annual changes can be volatile; attendance and the recent academic drop are the key areas to watch.
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