Summary:
The city of Philadelphia, Tennessee, is served by a single public school, Philadelphia Elementary School, a PK-8 campus with 522 students in the Loudon County Schools district. Because this is the only school in the dataset, the most useful comparisons come from looking at how it performs against the district and the state of Tennessee as a whole.
Philadelphia Elementary School is clearly on the rise. Over the past two years, it improved from the 62nd to the 80th percentile in state rankings, earning a 4-star rating for two straight years. The school's chronic absenteeism rate is just 8.6% — far below the district rate of 12.4% and the state rate of 18.3%. Academically, the school is a strong performer in math and science, with 55.5% proficiency in math and 55.6% in science in 2025-2026, beating state averages by more than 12 and 8 percentage points, respectively. English language arts is essentially tied with the district and remains comfortably above the state average.
The main areas for attention are social studies and 7th grade. Social studies proficiency sits at 42.0%, well below the district's 53.7% and the state's 51.4%, and every tested grade trails the district in this subject. Seventh grade is a clear trouble spot, with ELA proficiency dropping to 32.8% and science to 39.7% — the lowest levels among all grades. On the flip side, 4th grade is a standout cohort, exceeding state averages by roughly 12 to 18 points across math, ELA, and science. While the school does not report free/reduced lunch data or student-to-teacher ratios, the overall picture is positive: a rapidly improving, well-attended school with particular strengths in elementary grades and clear opportunities for growth in middle school.
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