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The School District of Philadelphia (SDP), in partnership with Open Data Philly, publishes longitudinal data sets spanning various operational school and student performance areas. The public release of this data supports our goals to promote greater transparency and community engagement. Before accessing these data, please review the Terms and Conditions. https://www.philasd.org/performance/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2017/07/School-District-Data-Sets-Terms-of-Use.pdf

School Performance

  • Alternative Education Progress Report (AEPR): includes program results from the Alternative Education Progress Report. Example metrics include: Credit Accumulation, Annual Graduation, Attendance
  • District Graduates by Act 158 Pathway: Beginning with the graduating class of 2022-2023, students in Pennsylvania are required to demonstrate postsecondary preparedness in order to graduate from high school. Students can graduate via one of five pathways, or by meeting goals and objectives (for special education students only), or through a waiver (in limited circumstances).
  • School Graduates by Act 158 Pathway: Reports on Act 158 by school
  • District Graduation Rate: information about the graduation rates for the district broken out by: aggregation level (including alternative schools or excluding alternative schools), graduation rate type (four-year, five-year, or six-year), demographic category (EL status, IEP status, Economically Disadvantaged Status, Gender, or Ethnicity), and 9th grade cohort
  • School Graduation Rate: information about the graduation rates for schools broken out by: graduation rate type (four-year, five-year, or six-year), demographic category (EL status, IEP status, Economically Disadvantaged Status, Gender, or Ethnicity), and 9th grade cohort. Students are attributed to the last school at which they actively attended in the respective graduation window, which ends on September 30 each year. Students are classified as EL, as having an IEP, and/or economically disadvantaged if they were designated as such at any point during their high school career.
  • Aimsweb Star: The files include, at the school level, the distribution of students across performance tiers based on the aimswebPlus and Star assessments, which measure student’s reading and math skills
  • Attendance: 90% Attendance, 95% Attendance, and Average Daily Attendance (ADA) by school and district - does not include charter schools
  • Out-of-School Suspensions: display the number and percent of enrolled students in each grade that had out-of-school suspensions (OSS)
  • Serious Incidents: Incidents reported to the Office of School Safety; the Counts by Incident Type files provide the number of reported incidents at a school, by incident type
  • NSC Student Tracker Reports: National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Student Tracker Reports for individual schools and the District as a whole. These reports contain data on student post-secondary enrollment, persistence, and graduation.
  • College Matriculation: Information on the fall matriculation rates for students who graduated during the school year indicated (e.g., 2019-2020 matriculation rates represent enrollment of students who graduated during 2019-2020). Students are considered to have matriculated if they enrolled at a postsecondary institution that reports information to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC).

Resources

Additional Info

Area of Interest City of Philadelphia
Created May 17, 2018
Category Education
License License Not Specified
Maintainer Email opendata@philasd.org
Maintainer Link https://www.philasd.org/research/#opendata
Metadata Last Updated May 3, 2026
Data Last Updated February 12, 2026
Source School District of Philadelphia
Tags graduation rates
matriculation rates
suspensions
student attendance
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