This brief provides information about enrollment patterns for K-12 students in Philadelphia’s public school (District, Charter, Alternative, and Other), looking at enrollment trends from 2015-16 through 2025-26, with a particular focus on year-over-year changes from 2024-25 to 2025-26.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is conducted in cities and states across the United States, and it is one of the most important national data sources on youth risk behaviors that lead to death and disability. In spring 2025, the YRBS was administered to a random sample of high school students at 32 randomly selected School District of Philadelphia (SDP) schools. Use the buttons below to download summary graphs and detail tables of the 2025 YRBS results as compiled by the CDC.
Summer melt refers to the phenomenon in which a high school senior’s intention to attend college in the fall “melts away” during the summer. This slide deck presents summer melt findings for the class of 2024-25.
This report provides a descriptive summary of the specialized service support types provided to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) during the 2024-25 school year.
As part of an ambitious vision for mathematics equity and achievement, in 2023-24 the School District of Philadelphia adopted Illustrative Math (IM) as the district-wide K-12 math curriculum. The Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) is conducting a three-year evaluation of the curriculum implementation. This slide deck presents Year 2 findings and recommendations.
As part of a strategic plan to accelerate academic achievement, in 2024-25 the School District of Philadelphia adopted a new High School ELA curriculum for grades 9-12 that included selected SDP resources alongside StudySync lessons, units, and reading guides. In Year 1 of the High School ELA curriculum implementation, the Office of Research and Evaluation conducted focus groups and surveys to answer the question: Do teachers, school leaders, and central office support staff believe they have enough materials, training, and support to implement the new ELA curricula with integrity/fidelity (as intended)?
Strategic Action 5.7 of Accelerate Philly calls for “an annual school leaders survey to provide feedback about Central Office operations.” The Central Office Feedback Survey was administered in February 2024 and May 2025, and school leaders at District and alternative schools were invited to participate. This slide deck summarizes overall feedback on Central Office and feedback on individual departments.
Food insecurity directly impacts physical health and is associated with adverse developmental, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes. It can also contribute to achievement gaps between children from families with low and high incomes. Results from the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) 2023-24 Philly School Experience Survey (PSES) provide a local data source for understanding the extent to which Philadelphia families experience food insecurity.
Similar to the well-established Ninth Grade On-Track (9GOT) metric, SDP also uses a Tenth Grade On-Track (10GOT) metric to track student progress towards graduation. This research brief examines 1) the relationship between students’ 9GOT and 10GOT statuses, and 2) the relationship between students’ 10GOT status, their four-year graduation status, and credits earned.
As part of a strategic plan to accelerate academic achievement, in 2024-25 the School District of Philadelphia adopted EL Education for grades K-8, a standards-aligned core instructional resources for English Language Arts with a focus on the Science of Reading. In Year 1 of EL Education implementation, the Office of Research and Evaluation conducted focus groups to answer the question: Do teachers, school leaders, and central office support staff believe they have enough materials, training, and support to implement the new ELA curricula with integrity/fidelity (as intended)?