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Ionia Public Schools is located in south Michigan. Ionia Public Schools has 132.37 square miles of land area and 1.90 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ionia Public Schools population is 21,637. Ionia Public Schools median household income is $40,488 in 2010-2014. Ionia Public Schools median house value is $90,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Ionia Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (338 out of 510, bottom 34%) Elementary/Middle School: (299 out of 516, bottom 42%)* Rank: #367
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	21,637 (2010-2014), rank #114
Population Growth	-3.72% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	161.15/sq mi, rank #231
Median Household Income:	$40,488 at 2010-2014—1.45% increase since 2005-2009, rank #398
Median House Price:	$90,000 at 2010-2014—-15.01% increase since 2005-2009, rank #412
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	132.37 sq mi, rank #123
Water Area:	1.90 sq mi (1.41%), rank #224
State:	Michigan
County:	Ionia County
City:	Ionia, Orleans, Fenwick, Lyons, Muir, Saranac, Belding
Zip:	48846, 48865, 48834, 48851, 48860, 48881, 48809
Area:	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

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Ionia Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

250 East Tuttle Rd

Ionia MI, 48846, Ionia County

Phone: 616-527-9280

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,031	3,046	3,114	3,083	3,205	3,218	3,238
English Language Learner Students:	65	40	38	43	46	41	42
Total Teachers:	155.91	156.10	153.85	170.65	177.38	185.70	186.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	13.44	11.23	10.00	10.00	9.00	8.00	7.50
Elementary:	50.62	52.47	51.60	55.00	53.00	54.00	52.00
Secondary:	65.45	64.90	64.30	72.55	80.13	86.90	86.40
Ungraded:	26.40	27.50	25.95	31.10	33.25	34.80	38.50
Total Other Staff:	195.65	192.55	179.65	192.81	207.09	214.60	210.30
Instructional Aides:	48.97	52.92	44.75	47.55	51.79	58.80	50.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.50	0.70	0.70	1.70	3.00	2.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.40	6.50	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.75	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.40	5.75	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	4.00	2.00
District Administrators:	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.40	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	12.20	13.50	11.00	11.50	11.50	10.50	9.50
School Administrative Support:	26.70	25.40	19.20	23.80	26.40	28.70	29.50
Student Support Services:	4.45	5.52	9.22	14.09	12.01	8.60	10.30
Other Support Services:	88.33	79.61	78.78	79.27	85.89	86.50	92.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.44	19.51	20.24	18.07	18.07	17.33	17.37

Schools

A.A. Rather School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	380 East Tuttle Rd, Ionia MI 48846
Douglas R. Welch High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	830 Harrison St, Ionia MI 48846
Emerson School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	645 Hackett St, Ionia MI 48846
Ionia High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	250 East Tuttle Rd, Ionia MI 48846
Ionia Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	438 Union St, Ionia MI 48846
Jefferson School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	420 North Jefferson St, Ionia MI 48846
R.B. Boyce Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	3550 North State Rd, Ionia MI 48846
Twin Rivers Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	435 Lou Lemke Ln, Muir MI 48860

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.7%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	44.9%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	69.6%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	58.1%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	58.4%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	51.2%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	47.2%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	40.7%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.2%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	28.6%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.8%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.8%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.1%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.4%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	31.6%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.2%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.2%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.5%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.2%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.7%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	7.9%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.2%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.6%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	26.5%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.4%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.8%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	9.4%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.2%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.3%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	43%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.3%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	14%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.7%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	67.2%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	62%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	19.2%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	20.2%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.6%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.9%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	12%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.8%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80.8%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	78.1%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	75%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	35.1%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	32%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27.7%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$30,228,000	$9,707		$32,256,000	$10,463		$32,028,000	$9,993
Federal:	$2,000,000	$642	6.6%	$3,356,000	$1,089	10.4%	$2,728,000	$851	8.5%
State:	$21,222,000	$6,815	70.2%	$21,280,000	$6,902	66.0%	$20,652,000	$6,444	64.5%
Local:	$7,006,000	$2,250	23.2%	$7,620,000	$2,472	23.6%	$8,648,000	$2,698	27.0%
Total Expenditures:	$29,150,000	$9,361		$31,078,000	$10,080		$32,342,000	$10,091
Total Current Expenditures:	$27,273,000	$8,758		$29,068,000	$9,428		$28,546,000	$8,907
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,899,000	$5,427	62.0%	$18,406,000	$5,970	63.3%	$17,813,000	$5,558	62.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,922,000	$617	7.0%	$1,822,000	$591	6.3%	$1,880,000	$587	6.6%
Administration:	$3,077,000	$988	11.3%	$3,281,000	$1,064	11.3%	$3,214,000	$1,003	11.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,375,000	$1,726	19.7%	$5,559,000	$1,803	19.1%	$5,639,000	$1,759	19.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$219,000	$70		$338,000	$110		$1,238,000	$386
Construction:	$0	$0		$14,000	$5		$979,000	$305
Total Other:	$245,000	$79		$244,000	$79		$267,000	$83
Interest on Debt:	$1,413,000	$454		$1,428,000	$463		$1,531,000	$478

Total Salary:	$14,122,000	$4,535		$15,452,000	$5,012		$16,017,000	$4,998
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,200,000	$3,276	72.2%	$11,174,000	$3,624	72.3%	$11,492,000	$3,586	71.7%
Other Salary:	$3,922,000	$1,259	27.8%	$4,278,000	$1,388	27.7%	$4,525,000	$1,412	28.3%
Total Benefit:	$7,516,000	$2,414		$7,814,000	$2,535		$7,149,000	$2,231
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,494,000	$1,764	73.1%	$5,708,000	$1,851	73.0%	$5,147,000	$1,606	72.0%
Other Benefit:	$2,022,000	$649	26.9%	$2,106,000	$683	27.0%	$2,002,000	$625	28.0%

* Ionia Public Schools was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.