📍 5835 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, Cook County, 60659
Mather High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 1,749 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Gary Tesinsky. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 13% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. The school offers 20 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mather High School enrolls 1,749 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 125 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Asian and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 821 | 47% |
| Asian | 368 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 261 | 15% |
| White | 249 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,324 of the school's 1,749 students (76%) 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.
Mather High School 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-50, state senate district 7, state house district 13.
Mather High School 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 1,749 students, Mather High School is larger than the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large