Public schools in Ionia, MI

Ionia has 14 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 5 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 2,632 students. They are run by 6 districts and agencies; Ionia Public Schools runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 6 districts and agencies that run Ionia's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in IoniaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Ionia Public Schools72,833$12,318
Michigan Department of Corrections344not reported
Ionia ISD1448not reported
Berlin Township S/D #319$17,333
Easton Township S/D #619$21,222
Ionia Township S/D #2114$17,214

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

5 high schools in Ionia, 861 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ionia High School77419.138.6%Ionia Public Schools
Douglas R Welch High School7331.161.6%Ionia Public Schools
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility9not reported33.3%Michigan Department of Corrections
Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility3not reportednot reportedMichigan Department of Corrections
Handlon Correctional Facility2not reportednot reportedMichigan Department of Corrections

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Ionia, 629 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ionia Middle School62917.848.5%Ionia Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Ionia, 1,035 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
AA Rather School30820.143.8%Ionia Public Schools
Jefferson School27218.162.1%Ionia Public Schools
RB Boyce Elementary School25419.746.5%Ionia Public Schools
Emerson School16614.170.5%Ionia Public Schools
Coon School1513.060.0%Berlin Township S/D #3
Haynor School106.530.0%Easton Township S/D #6
North LeValley Elementary School109.530.0%Ionia Township S/D #2

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Ionia, 107 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Freedom Acres School1078.031.8%Ionia ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Ionia's public schools compare with Michigan's

The median Ionia school has 17.8 students per full-time teacher, more than the Michigan median of 16.5. 36% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 41% across the state. Its median school enrolls 90 students (state 360).

Ionia against Michigan, schools open in 2024-25 with students
IoniaMichigan
Median students per teacher17.816.5
Median school size (students)90360
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)36%41%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)57%76%
Charter schools0%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 14 Ionia schools and the 3,326 Michigan schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Ionia

  1. Ionia Public SchoolsRuns 7 of Ionia's 14 public schools and spent $12,318 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,318
  2. Ionia High School, the largest high school in Ionia774 students in 2024-25, 19.1 per teacher.774
  3. Compare Ionia Public Schools with Michigan Department of CorrectionsIonia's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MichiganMichigan's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Ionia addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Michigan

  1. Detroit179 schools
  2. Grand Rapids127 schools
  3. Flint50 schools
  4. Kalamazoo45 schools
  5. Muskegon43 schools
  6. Saginaw43 schools
  7. Warren43 schools
  8. Ann Arbor42 schools

Questions about schools in Ionia

  1. How many public schools are in Ionia, MI?
    14 public schools with an address in Ionia were open in 2024-25: 5 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 2,632 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Ionia?
    Ionia High School, with 774 students in 2024-25 (Ionia Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Ionia's schools?
    Ionia Public Schools (7 schools), Michigan Department of Corrections (3 schools), Ionia ISD (1 school), Berlin Township S/D #3 (1 school), and 2 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .