Philadelphia Public School District

This article is about the school district in Mississippi. For the public schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, see School District of Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Public School District is a public school district based in Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States.

Philadelphia High School
Location
248 Byrd Avenue Philadelphia , (Neshoba County) , Mississippi 39350 United States
Coordinates	32.772479°N 89.111081°W / 32.772479; -89.111081
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Sherell Griffin-Drake
Staff	35.54 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	338[1] (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio	9.51[1]
Color(s)	Red, black and white[2]
Nickname	Tornadoes[2]
Website	Philadelphia High School

Philadelphia Middle School

It includes most of the Philadelphia city limits.^[3]

Schools

The schools include Philadelphia High School, Philadelphia Middle School, Philadelphia Elementary School, and Vo-Tech.

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 1,191 students enrolled in the Philadelphia Public School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 68.09% African American, 28.80% White, 1.09% Hispanic, 0.42% Asian, and 1.60% Native American.^[4] 65.2% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.^[5]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06[4]	1,103	50%	50%	0.45%	66.27%	1.00%	1.54%	30.73%
2004-05[4]	1,147	50%	50%	0.70%	65.13%	0.70%	1.48%	32.00%
2003-04[4]	1,166	49%	51%	1.11%	64.07%	0.69%	1.29%	32.85%
2002-03[6]	1,219	48%	52%	0.98%	62.59%	1.07%	1.31%	34.04%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07[7]	2005-06[8]	2004-05[9]	2003-04[10]	2002-03[11]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	0	0	1	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	0	1	0	1
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	2	3	2	2	1
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

Notable alumni

• Iris Kelso (Class of 1944), Louisiana journalist
• Marcus Dupree (Class of 1982), American football player
• Adam M. Byrd (Class of 1877), U.S. Representative
• Marty Stuart, American Country Music Singer/Songwriter
• C.J. Johnson (Class of 2011), [American football] player ^[12]

See also

• Mississippi portal
• Schools portal

• List of school districts in Mississippi