Philadelphia High School is in Philadelphia, Mississippi. It is in the Philadelphia Public School District. In 2025, the student body of 238 in grades 9-12 was almost 90 percent African American and 9 percent white. All of the school's students were documented as economically disadvantaged.
Lindsey O. Todd was superintendent in 1927. In 2006, the school suffered minor fire damage on the second floor.
Tornadoes are the school mascot. In 2024, Georgia Grace, an alumnus, was named head football coach. The class of 1964 held its reunion in 2024.
Booker T. Washington High School opened in 1948 on Carver Avenue in Philadelphia. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Neshoba County, Mississippi. It succeeded a Rosenwald School (Julius Rosenwald) and Neshoba County Training School. The schools were for African American students. Officials closed the high school in 1970 after desegregation. Neshoba Central High School is also on Philadelphia but is in a different school district and has a white majority among its students.