School district · Mississippi
Philadelphia Public School District
Philadelphia Public School District in Mississippi: 3 public schools with 757 students and 12.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,211 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 757
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- MS 13.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,211
- MS $12.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 2.0
- Students per counselor
- 379
- MS 360 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- —
- Librarians (FTE): 2.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$8.7K15
$8.4K16
$8.5K17
$8.7K18
$9.9K19
$10.5K20
$12.3K21
$13.4K22
$13.9K23
$15.2K24
- Federal
- 33% · $4.9M
- State
- 42% · $6.1M
- Local
- 25% · $3.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,848
- Support services
- $6,433
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $2.7M
- Long-term debt
- $1.3M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 1High schools: 2
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 430 | 13.3 |
Philadelphia High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 327 | 11.0 |
Philadelphia Neshoba Voc TechCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — |
Sources
- Address
- 248 Byrd Avenue, Philadelphia, MS 39350
- Phone
- (601)656-2955
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).