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Schools in Phelps · Phelps School District

Phelps’s public schools score below 95% of Wisconsin districts on tests and graduation

Reading proficiency in Phelps’s districts is 15%, below the Wisconsin average (38%). The grade covers the public school district serving Phelps, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Wisconsin, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Wisconsin state tests taken in spring 2022, when 95% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
15%
▼ 23 pts vs WI 38%
2021–22
Math proficiency
24%
▼ 14 pts vs WI 39%
2021–22
Spent per student
$32.5K
▲ 97% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
6.6
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
88 students on the public path
In brief

Phelps’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 15% of tested students were proficient in reading and 24% in math, against 38% and 39% statewide; 95% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $32,478 per student, against $16,459 across Wisconsin (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one high school

From grade 9 the district’s path is Phelps High. Enrollment is down 15% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Phelps’s grade

D Test scores

D: better than 5% of Wisconsin school districts. Test scores are below the Wisconsin average; there is no graduation rate to add.

Wisconsin school districts we grade (441)Better than 5%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (1193)Better than 2%
Towns in Vilas County (14)Better than 0%
D−DA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 47 test results could put Phelps anywhere from D− to D. The tests are from spring 2022, when 95% of Phelps’s students in the tested grades sat them (47 in math, 47 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Phelps, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Phelps ElementaryPhelps School DistrictB
9–12Phelps HighPhelps School DistrictNo scores

Phelps’s public schools are run by Phelps School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Phelps School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 88 students, down 15% since 2020–21 · 6.6 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$32,478WI $16,459 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading15%
State average 38.1% · 47 students tested
Math24%
State average 38.7% · 47 students tested

Phelps vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Phelps’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
PhelpsDPhelps
ConoverB−Northland Pines
Hiles—Crandon
WashingtonB−Northland Pines
Alvin—Crandon
Land O'Lakes—Northland Pines PK–12 · Lakeland Union High 9–12

Stambaugh, MI and Watersmeet, MI border Phelps but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Phelps

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Phelpsby address
Phelps Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B
61 students6:1Rate it →
Phelps High
High · Grades 9–12
27 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Phelps’s schools

Are Phelps’s schools good?

On Wisconsin’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Phelps children attend score below 95% of Wisconsin’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 2%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Phelps in?

Phelps School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 88 students in 2 schools (2024–25).

Where do Phelps kids go to high school?

Phelps High, with 27 students.

How much does Phelps spend per student?

$32,478 in Phelps School District (FY2024), against $16,459 across Wisconsin. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Wisconsin. Stars are from neighbors.