📍 6656 S Normal Blvd, Chicago, Cook County, 60621
Mays Elem Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 238 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nancy Jones. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mays Elem Academy enrolls 238 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 227 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
185 of the school's 238 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mays Elem Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-70, state senate district 3, state house district 6.
Mays Elem Academy is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 238 students, Mays Elem Academy is smaller than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large