Find What Works: Schools

Ratings

Rank Philadelphia schools by any metric, framed against their peer group of ~40 demographically similar schools (same school level + admission + sector) — not citywide averages, which flatten the differences between student populations.

Outliers
Schools that stand out within their peer group, by any metric and year. Sort, filter by sector or proclivity bucket, and paginate the full list.
Movers
Biggest year-over-year changes — gains and losses on any metric.

Methodology in one line

Every metric is ranked within each school's peer group of ~40 demographically similar schools. Direction-adjusted so a high percentile always means a good outcome, regardless of whether the underlying metric is higher-is-better or lower-is-better. Suppressed cells are hidden by default — a school flagged on the basis of suppressed data isn't fair to report. Full methodology.