Summary:
ZIP code 54555 is home to three public schools, all part of the Phillips School District: Phillips Elementary (PK–5, 302 students), Phillips Middle (6–8, 144 students), and Phillips High (9–12, 204 students), serving 650 students in total. There are no alternative schools. The district overall ranks 338 of 432 Wisconsin schools (22nd percentile, 1 star), but the three schools look quite different from one another.
Phillips Middle is the clear bright spot, improving from the 30th to the 45th percentile with a 2-star rating, the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1), and chronic absenteeism of 13.3% — better than both the district (23.1%) and state (17.3%). Math is a strength in grades 7 and 8. Phillips High is the most volatile: it was a 4-star school in the 73rd–74th percentile, then fell to the 33rd percentile and 2 stars, with every tested subject dropping below state after previously exceeding it. Phillips Elementary slipped from 3 stars to 2, yet posts standout 4th-grade social studies (78.05%) and 5th-grade ELA (62.16%) results.
The biggest warning sign is Phillips High’s 42.3% chronic absenteeism, which sits alongside otherwise excellent completion metrics (98.1% graduation, 0.0% dropout). Phillips Elementary needs attention in math and science, where 5th-grade math fell from 59.57% to 43.24% and 4th-grade science is at 36.59%. Per-student spending is $17,486 at the elementary, $16,339 at the middle, and $15,803 at the high school.
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