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Enrollment
1,763
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899003769
Mayfair School
3001 Princeton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19149 · (215) 400-3280 · Philadelphia County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,763 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
104 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,688 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 171 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 196 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 188 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 195 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 205 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 188 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 222 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (171) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (199).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.6% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 29.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Mayfair School
Mayfair School's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfair School this school | 1,763 | 95.7% | 33.1% |
| Northeast Community Propel Academy Philadelphia | 1,783 | 98.8% | 27.8% |
| Farrell Louis H School Philadelphia | 1,187 | 96.9% | 35.4% |
| Solis-Cohen Solomon School Philadelphia | 1,350 | 94.7% | 22.8% |
| Southwark School Philadelphia | 976 | 99.0% | 29.1% |
| Moore J Hampton School Philadelphia | 1,192 | 95.5% | 37.6% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Mayfair School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #1,138 of 1,396 | #51 of 161 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,161 of 1,511 ▼ 32 | #48 of 193 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #1,152 of 1,511 ▲ 30 | #58 of 193 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,763 | #3 of 1,638 | #2 of 194 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,463 of 1,528 | #170 of 189 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #104 of 1,531 | #24 of 189 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #544 of 1,600 | #131 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #215 of 450 | #27 of 48 |
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
1,763
-391 (-18%) vs 2020
+289% since 1990-91, when it was 453
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,763 | 103.6 | 17.0:1 | 96% (1,688) |
| 2023-24 | 1,688 | 94.2 | 17.9:1 | 100% (1,688) |
| 2022-23 | 1,682 | 84.4 | 19.9:1 | 100% (1,682) |
| 2020-21 | 2,154 | 123 | 17.5:1 | 100% (2,151) |
| 2017-18 | 1,629 | 72.7 | 22.4:1 | 100% (1,629) |
| 2015-16 | 1,233 | 58 | 21.3:1 | 100% (1,233) |
| 2010-11 | 1,002 | 50 | 20.0:1 | 58% (584) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 31% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 453 | 24 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mayfair School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,629 to 1,763); teachers up 43% (72.7 to 103.6).
About Mayfair School
Mayfair School is an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Philadelphia City SD. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,763 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Philadelphia City SD has 116,230 students in 220 schools, and Mayfair School is one of those schools.
Mayfair School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 43%. The remaining students are 25% Asian, 22% White, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Philadelphia County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. Mayfair School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 17.0:1 comes from the school's 103.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.9 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 96% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Philadelphia County average 95%.
The allk12 Grade for Mayfair School is C-. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mayfair School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.1% is 3.5 points below the 36.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Philadelphia County (population about 1,579,706), the median household income is $61,953, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Mayfair School is one of 309 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Lincoln High School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Mayfair School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 25.1%, lower than Mayfair School's 33.1%.
Mayfair School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 391 fewer students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mayfair School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- Northeast Community Propel AcademyElementary · 1,783 students
- Washington George High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
- Frank Anne SchoolElementary · 1,622 students
Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- Philadelphia Performing Arts CSCombined · 2,572 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Other Mayfair schools
One other US public school is named Mayfair. Mayfair School is the largest of the 2.
- MayfairToledo, OH · 170 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln High School0.6 mi · 2,472
- Holme Thomas School0.6 mi · 850
- Solis-Cohen Solomon School0.7 mi · 1,350
- Northeast Community Propel Academy0.7 mi · 1,783
- Disston Hamilton School0.8 mi · 737
- Allen Ethan School0.8 mi · 957
Frequently asked questions
About Mayfair SchoolHow many students attend Mayfair School?
Mayfair School enrolls approximately 1,763 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Mayfair School serve?
Mayfair School serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mayfair School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mayfair School is approximately 17.0:1 (104 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mayfair School?
Mayfair School reports a student body of 22% White, 43% Hispanic, 7% Black, 25% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Mayfair School?
Mayfair School is overseen by Philadelphia City SD in Philadelphia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.