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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Ideal, Milwaukee, WI

Charter schoolCEP schoolIdeal is a public elementary school in Milwaukee, part of Milwaukee School District. It enrolled 210 students in 2024-25, with 17.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "IDEAL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
210
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
17.5
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.0 higher than the district figure of 16.5. The Wisconsin average across schools is 14.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.5
District16.5
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
1420 W Goldcrest Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53221
Phone
(414)267-1600
District
Milwaukee School District
County
Milwaukee County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
550960002493
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 lunch
186
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
18688.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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

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Elementary schools elsewhere in Milwaukee

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.