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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Ideal Elementary School, Countryside, IL

Ideal Elementary School is a public elementary school in Countryside, part of La Grange SD 105 South. It enrolled 258 students in 2024-25, with 8.9 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Ideal Elem School".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
258
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
8.9
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 0.8 lower than the district figure of 9.7. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.9
District9.7
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
9901 W 58th St, Countryside, IL 60525
Phone
(708)482-2750
District
La Grange SD 105 South
County
Cook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
172163002426
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
18571.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in La Grange SD 105 South

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.