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Enrollment
707
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000950
Mayer Elementary School
2250 N Clifton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 · (773) 534-5535 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
62 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 78 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 57% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Mayer Elementary School→Lincoln Park High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
84.1%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
67.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.1% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 56.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mayer Elementary School
Mayer Elementary School's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayer Elementary School this school | 707 | 8.8% | 74.6% |
| Coonley Elementary School Chicago | 723 | 10.7% | 76.5% |
| Blaine Elementary School Chicago | 639 | 10.3% | 79.7% |
| Elmwood Elementary School Naperville | 726 | 13.6% | 69.1% |
| Audubon Elementary School Chicago | 606 | 9.1% | 79.1% |
| Olive-Mary Stitt School Arlington Heights | 671 | 6.4% | 71.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mayer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #72 of 1,925 | #28 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #257 of 2,077 ▼ 48 | #91 of 829 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #73 of 2,077 ▲ 6 | #36 of 829 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #121 of 2,419 | #79 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,432 of 2,035 | #631 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #921 of 2,042 | #334 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.8% | #2,097 of 2,132 | #795 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #1,046 of 1,461 | #507 of 661 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
707
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 707 | 48.5 | 14.6:1 | 9% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 44.5 | 15.7:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 39.9 | 19.2:1 | 15% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 18% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 46% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 40 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 31 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mayer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (766 to 707); teachers up 22% (39.9 to 48.5).
About Mayer Elementary School
Mayer Elementary School is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in Chicago, Illinois. The school enrolls 707 students in pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average enrollment is about 381.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 serves 324,396 students across 622 schools.
About 69% of the student body at Mayer Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. County-wide, 44% of Cook County residents are White. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Mayer Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 9%. The rate at public schools in Cook County averages 66%, higher than here.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mayer Elementary School is 8.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 74.6%. Predicted: 66.5%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,498 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cook County has 1,406 public schools with about 697,934 students, including Mayer Elementary School.
Lincoln Park High School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mayer Elementary School at 3rd of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Mayer Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 697 in 2020-21, 707 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Mayer Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Mayer Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mayer Elementary. Mayer Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Mayer Elementary SchoolMAYER, AZ · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Park High School0.7 mi · 2,214
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 868
- Prescott Elementary School0.8 mi · 463
- Alcott Elementary School0.8 mi · 567
- Harriet Tubman Elementary School0.8 mi · 308
- Newberry Elementary Math & Science Academy0.8 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Mayer Elementary SchoolHow large is Mayer Elementary School?
Mayer Elementary School enrolls approximately 707 students in grades PK-08.
Is Mayer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mayer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Mayer Elementary School have?
Mayer Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mayer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mayer Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Mayer Elementary School?
Mayer Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.