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Meal Program and Menus

At Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), every student can receive a high-quality, nutritious breakfast and lunch for free, regardless of income.

We know that well-fed students are better prepared to learn, which is why we provide our students with healthy, local, and fresh food. For the 2025–26 school year, we updated our menu offerings to provide students with more options, so now there are multiple lunch entrées to choose from every day. Discover what we’re serving this month.

Menus: January 2026

Carbohydrate Count Menus: January 2026

Families: Join Us for a Meal

Parents, guardians, and other family members are welcome to participate in our school meal programs by joining children at breakfast and/or lunch.

All visitors—including siblings not yet enrolled in school—must pay the adult cost of a meal ($2.50 for breakfast or $4.50 for lunch, plus 50 cents for milk). Please call your child’s school about mealtimes so you can plan a school breakfast or lunch date with your child.

Local Food Sources

We strive to demonstrate a way of eating that promotes well-being for the individual, our communities, and the earth.

We choose vendors that produce food within a 250-mile radius of MPS, and we are working to expand farm-to-school options for students and staff.
We provide a variety of locally produced milk, ice cream, hot dog buns, hamburger buns, dinner rolls, and breadsticks. Our apple slices and many frozen vegetables are grown right here in Wisconsin!
We support school gardens.
We participated in the USDA Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables. This project supported our farm-to-school efforts by allowing us to have a geographic preference in procurement.

Feedback and Questions

We want to hear from you! There are three ways to share your feedback:

Fill out our form.
Email schoolnutrition@milwaukee.k12.wi.us.
Call (414) 475-8370.

For questions regarding school meal programs, please contact the Department of Nutrition Services at (414) 475-8370 or schoolnutrition@milwaukee.k12.wi.us.