Regular local school district · Ionia County
Ionia Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Ionia Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 2,675 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.7 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,675
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 18.7
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 250 E Tuttle Rd, Ionia, MI 48846
- Phone
- (616)527-9280
- County
- Ionia County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2619250
- State district ID
- MI-34010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 361
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 669 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.7
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,891), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $39.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $26.3 million
- Local revenue
- $8.3 million
- Total spending
- $34.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,062
- Salaries
- $14.0 million40.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 67.1%
- Local: 21.2%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,062
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Ionia Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| AA Rather SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 308 | 20.5 |
| Douglas R Welch High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 73 | 36.5 |
| Emerson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 166 | 15.1 |
| Ionia High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 774 | 19.4 |
| Ionia Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 629 | 18.0 |
| Jefferson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 272 | 18.1 |
| RB Boyce Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 254 | 21.2 |
| Twin Rivers Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 183 | 20.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ionia County
- Portland Public Schools 1,993 students
- Belding Area School District 1,652 students
- Saranac Community Schools 850 students
- Ionia ISD 230 students
- Berlin Township S/D #3 School District 15 students
- Easton Township S/D #6 School District 10 students
- Ionia Township S/D #2 School District 10 students
More in Michigan
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.