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How Mayer Elem School compares
67% vs. 39% district avg
28 points above City of Chicago SD 299
67% vs. 48% Illinois avg
18 points above state average
673
Enrollment
14.6:1
Student:Teacher
67%
Proficiency Rate
10%
Free/Reduced Lunch

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About This School

Mayer Elem School is a middle school located in Chicago, Illinois. The school serves 673 students in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1.

According to EDFacts assessment data, 67% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.

10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Mayer Elem School is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 in Illinois.

How This School Compares

Mayer Elem School has 673 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in City of Chicago SD 299 (516 students). Its 67% proficiency rate is 28 percentage points above the district average of 39%. Compared to the Illinois state average of 48%, the school performs 18 points higher. With a 14.6:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mayer Elem School has 673 students enrolled in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1.

According to EDFacts data, 67% of students at Mayer Elem School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.

Mayer Elem School is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 in Chicago, Illinois. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.

All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

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School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.