Schools · Philadelphia

Philadelphia, TN schools

Kids attend Philadelphia Elementary through grade 8, then Loudon High School or Greenback School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Philadelphia’s School Grade: A

The public schools Philadelphia’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 85% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresA-Graduation

Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 85%

Lower resultsHigher results

Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (216)Better than 88%

High confidence. Built on 2,622 tested students and a graduating class of 219; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Tennessee only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Tennessee with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Philadelphia kids go to school

Grades PK–8

B+Philadelphia Elementary 522 students · Philadelphia Loudon County School District

Grades 9–12

B-Loudon High School or BGreenback School Depends on your address Loudon County School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–12, Loudon County)39%

State average 26.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate

97%

TN: 90.3%

Graduating class

219

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Philadelphia

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Loudon County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 5,085 students

$11,871 per studentTN $13,059A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Philadelphia

There’s no college in Philadelphia, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Roane State Community College in Harriman, 18.6 miles away.

Roane State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Harriman18.6 mi3,854 students

Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Athens19.4 mi941 students

Pellissippi State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Knoxville22.7 mi6,641 students

Maryville CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Maryville24.9 mi1,147 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Philadelphia. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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