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Philadelphia Public School District is located close to the center of Mississippi. Philadelphia Public School District has 6.33 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Philadelphia Public School District population is 6,849. Philadelphia Public School District median household income is $35,118 in 2010-2014. Philadelphia Public School District median house value is $85,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Philadelphia Public School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(80 out of 148, bottom 46%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	6,849 (2010-2014), rank #123
Population Growth	-11.27% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,081.78/sq mi, rank #11
Median Household Income:	$35,118 at 2010-2014—17.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #65
Median House Price:	$85,400 at 2010-2014—3.64% increase since 2005-2009, rank #54
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	6.33 sq mi, rank #148
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00%), rank #149
State:	Mississippi
County:	Neshoba County
City:	Philadelphia
Zip:	39350

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Philadelphia Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

248 Byrd Ave

Philadelphia MS, 39350, Neshoba County

Phone: 601-656-2955

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,224	1,224	1,230	1,218	1,204	1,199	1,185
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total Teachers:	77.11	79.98	85.67	76.14	95.87	89.50	88.00
Prekindergarten:	3.82	3.75	3.89	3.58	3.78	4.30	3.80
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	6.13	3.00	3.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary:	28.00	28.65	30.04	26.62	32.30	31.60	30.80
Secondary:	33.95	36.16	40.02	35.40	45.81	34.40	36.10
Ungraded:	6.34	6.42	5.59	7.54	10.98	14.20	12.30
Total Other Staff:	95.78	95.27	95.83	89.78	91.36	96.50	88.30
Instructional Aides:	26.00	21.17	21.17	19.22	19.36	19.60	18.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	2.00	1.61	0.52	0.12	0.40	0.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.71	2.88	3.72	5.80	2.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.71	1.88	2.72	1.90	1.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.90	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	1.75	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	5.00	4.00	4.67	4.74	6.05	6.10	6.10
District Administrative Support:	7.63	7.63	6.63	6.63	5.44	8.10	5.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.70	4.90	5.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.16	5.70	6.00
Student Support Services:	6.39	6.25	8.12	7.47	9.38	7.40	8.70
Other Support Services:	34.76	40.22	39.17	36.62	35.23	36.40	34.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.87	15.30	14.36	16.00	12.56	13.40	13.47

Schools

Philadelphia Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	406 Stribling St, Philadelphia MS 39350
Philadelphia High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	248 Byrd Ave, Philadelphia MS 39350
Philadelphia Mid	Grade 7 to Grade 8	248 Byrd Ave, Philadelphia MS 39350

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.6	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.6	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.9	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.7%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.3%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26.3%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.7%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.7%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.7%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.7%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.9%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72.5%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.7%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.5%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79.1%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	80%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.4%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.1%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.7%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	76.8%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	68.7%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	72.6%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	72.2%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	77.3%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	75.4%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	77%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	45.6%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	65.4%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	59.2%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	55.7%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	70%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	62.4%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	90.2%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	92.1%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	95.5%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	96.4%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.2%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	97.9%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	88.9%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	88.1%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	56.6%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	76.3%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,718,000	$8,714		$10,725,000	$8,805		$10,603,000	$8,806
Federal:	$2,292,000	$1,863	21.4%	$2,686,000	$2,205	25.0%	$2,614,000	$2,171	24.7%
State:	$5,243,000	$4,263	48.9%	$4,915,000	$4,035	45.8%	$4,962,000	$4,121	46.8%
Local:	$3,183,000	$2,588	29.7%	$3,124,000	$2,565	29.1%	$3,027,000	$2,514	28.5%
Total Expenditures:	$10,270,000	$8,350		$9,897,000	$8,126		$10,084,000	$8,375
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,776,000	$7,948		$9,370,000	$7,693		$9,501,000	$7,891
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,301,000	$4,310	54.2%	$5,294,000	$4,346	56.5%	$5,691,000	$4,727	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,148,000	$933	11.7%	$1,030,000	$846	11.0%	$925,000	$768	9.7%
Administration:	$1,235,000	$1,004	12.6%	$1,089,000	$894	11.6%	$1,112,000	$924	11.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,092,000	$1,701	21.4%	$1,957,000	$1,607	20.9%	$1,773,000	$1,473	18.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$370,000	$301		$408,000	$335		$442,000	$367
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$119,000	$99
Total Other:	$0	$0		$1,000	$1		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$124,000	$101		$118,000	$97		$141,000	$117

Total Salary:	$6,207,000	$5,046		$5,457,000	$4,480		$5,877,000	$4,881
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,127,000	$3,355	66.5%	$3,469,000	$2,848	63.6%	$3,813,000	$3,167	64.9%
Other Salary:	$2,080,000	$1,691	33.5%	$1,988,000	$1,632	36.4%	$2,064,000	$1,714	35.1%
Total Benefit:	$1,805,000	$1,467		$1,729,000	$1,420		$1,865,000	$1,549
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,096,000	$891	60.7%	$1,076,000	$883	62.2%	$1,189,000	$988	63.8%
Other Benefit:	$709,000	$576	39.3%	$653,000	$536	37.8%	$676,000	$561	36.2%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.9%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	16.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	32.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.1%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	4.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,885.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,624.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,047.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,321.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$46,774.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$44,220.0

* Philadelphia Public School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.