Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960002493
IDEAL
1420 W Goldcrest Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53221 · (414) 267-1600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
186 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 50% smaller than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 33.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IDEAL
IDEAL's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEAL this school | 210 | 88.6% | 37.5% |
| Zablocki Elementary Milwaukee | 250 | 90.0% | 22.3% |
| Curtin Elementary Milwaukee | 301 | 90.0% | 20.6% |
| Longfellow Elementary Sheboygan | 234 | 94.0% | 25.6% |
| Manitoba Elementary Milwaukee | 469 | 83.2% | 16.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary Sheboygan | 252 | 89.7% | 29.4% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IDEAL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #780 of 982 | #67 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #800 of 992 ▲ 11 | #70 of 174 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #754 of 992 ▲ 54 | #68 of 174 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #878 of 1,157 | #154 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #811 of 901 | #105 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #49 of 901 | #14 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #69 of 1,064 | #62 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #46 of 664 | #15 of 133 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
210
-57 (-21%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 210 | 12.5 | 16.8:1 | 89% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 14.9 | 14.5:1 | 96% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 15.2 | 16.1:1 | 91% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 92% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 14.6 | 22.1:1 | 81% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 2 | 142.5:1 | 77% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 8 | 27.3:1 | 70% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEAL.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (323 to 210); teachers down 14% (14.6 to 12.5).
About IDEAL
Federal records list IDEAL as an elementary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 210 students. It has 35% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).
IDEAL is one of the 155 schools that make up Milwaukee School District (65,835 students in total).
Of every 100 students at IDEAL, about 43 are Hispanic, the largest group. The remaining students are 24% Asian, 15% White, 14% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Milwaukee County is about 17% Hispanic. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at IDEAL are from different groups.
A staff of 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. It compares with 64% for public schools in Milwaukee County.
A school in Wisconsin with IDEAL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 23.3%. IDEAL scores 37.5%.
For the population of Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Victory Elementary, is the closest to IDEAL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.9%, higher than IDEAL's 37.5%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. IDEAL is one of the charter schools in Wisconsin.
The school's student count fell 21% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 17.8:1 to 16.8:1.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About IDEALHow large is IDEAL?
IDEAL enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does IDEAL serve?
IDEAL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does IDEAL have?
IDEAL employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at IDEAL?
At IDEAL, the student body is approximately 15% White, 43% Hispanic, 14% Black, 24% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is IDEAL public or private?
IDEAL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Milwaukee School District.
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