Summary:
ZIP code 54555 contains exactly one middle school: Phillips Middle, part of the Phillips School District. It serves grades 6–8 with 144 students and is located at 990 Flambeau Ave in Phillips, Wisconsin. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no local side-by-side comparisons; the most useful reference points are the district, the state, and the school's own prior-year results. With only 144 students, a few students changing their score can move a grade-level proficiency rate by several percentage points, so single-year swings should be read with caution.
Phillips Middle is trending upward. Its state rank moved from 451 of 641 in 2023–2024 to 365 of 628 in 2024–2025 to 351 of 643 in 2025–2026, lifting it from the 30th to the 45th percentile and from 1 star to 2 stars. Math is its most consistent strength: in 2025–2026, 7th-grade math was 61.70% proficient versus 55.67% statewide, and 8th-grade math was 58.33% versus 53.67%. Sixth-grade ELA was also above state at 63.83% versus 54.95%. The clearest weak spots are 8th-grade Social Studies at 50.00% versus 64.63% statewide, 8th-grade ELA at 45.83% versus 54.38%, and 7th-grade ELA at 51.06% versus 55.33%. Averaged across the eight reported tests, the school closed its gap to the state from about 3.33 points below in 2024–2025 to 1.80 points below in 2025–2026, with ELA improving sharply even as it remains slightly below state.
Attendance and engagement indicators are favorable. Chronic absenteeism was 13.3%, below the district's 23.1% and the state's 17.3%, and the dropout rate was 0.0% compared with 1.1% statewide. Free/reduced-lunch enrollment was 2.08%, the student-teacher ratio was 10.1, and per-student spending was $16,339. Overall, this is a small, improving school with strong math results and good attendance, but with real gaps to address in 8th-grade Social Studies and in 7th- and 8th-grade ELA.
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