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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280360000691
Philadelphia Elementary School
406 Stribling Street, Philadelphia, MS 39350 · (601) 656-1623 · Neshoba County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
430 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 11% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Philadelphia Elementary School→Philadelphia High School
Based on grade levels within Philadelphia Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.4% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 31.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Philadelphia Elementary School
Philadelphia Elementary School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Elementary School this school | 430 | 100.0% | 49.2% |
| Warren Central Intermediate Vicksburg | 353 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| Grace Christian Elementary HATTIESBURG | 367 | 100.0% | 66.9% |
| Cook Elementary School Columbus | 415 | 99.8% | 40.0% |
| Bay Springs Elementary School BAY SPRINGS | 370 | 96.8% | 56.7% |
| Parkview Elementary Meridian | 364 | 100.0% | 42.9% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Philadelphia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #271 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #348 of 439 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #308 of 439 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #191 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #86 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #265 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #91 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.3% | #46 of 296 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
430
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 430 | 32.3 | 13.3:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 38.1 | 11.3:1 | 100% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 39.3 | 11.6:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 100% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 38.9 | 15.8:1 | 100% (617) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 86% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 84% (600) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 65% (447) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 40 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philadelphia Elementary School.
About Philadelphia Elementary School
Philadelphia Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The school serves 430 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Philadelphia Elementary School is one school in a 2-school district, Philadelphia Public School District, which enrolls 757 students.
Philadelphia Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% Black. The rest of enrollment is 9% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Neshoba County's population at about 21%. The chance that two students picked at random at Philadelphia Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Philadelphia Elementary School is 100%. Across public schools in Neshoba County, the average is 81%.
Philadelphia Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Philadelphia Elementary School scores 49.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.1%.
Federal survey data for Neshoba County show that median household income is about $57,013, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 20%. A total of 11 public schools operate in Neshoba County, serving about 5,185 students.
The closest public school to Philadelphia Elementary School is Philadelphia High School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Nearby schools with test data average 63.5% proficiency; Philadelphia Elementary School posts 49.2%.
NCES describes the area around Philadelphia Elementary School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 470 to 430.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Philadelphia Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Neshoba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,932
Census ACS
Median income
$57,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia Public School District
- Philadelphia High SchoolHigh · 327 students
- PHILADELPHIA NESHOBA VOC TECHHigh
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Neshoba Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,419 students
- Neshoba Central High SchoolHigh · 908 students
- Neshoba Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Philadelphia High SchoolHigh · 327 students
- Bogue Chitto Elementary SchoolElementary · 177 students
- Tucker Elementary SchoolElementary · 119 students
Other Philadelphia Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Philadelphia Elementary. Philadelphia Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Philadelphia ElementaryPomona, CA · 535 students
- Philadelphia ElementaryPhiladelphia, TN · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Philadelphia High School0.6 mi · 327
- Neshoba Central High School1.3 mi · 908
- Neshoba Central Middle School1.4 mi · 645
- Neshoba Central Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,419
- Pearl River Elementary School5.7 mi · 413
- Tucker Elementary School6.0 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About Philadelphia Elementary SchoolHow large is Philadelphia Elementary School?
Philadelphia Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Philadelphia Elementary School serve?
Philadelphia Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Philadelphia Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Philadelphia Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Philadelphia Elementary School?
Philadelphia Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 3% Hispanic, 81% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Philadelphia Elementary School?
Philadelphia Elementary School is overseen by Philadelphia Public School District in Neshoba County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.