State/Public Middle Open

Ionia Middle School

438 Union St, Ionia, Ionia County, 48846

664
Pupils
16.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Ionia Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ionia, Ionia County. The school has 664 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ionia Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Ionia Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Ionia Middle School enrolls 664 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.

Male students
355 (53%)
Female students
309 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
40.9
Student-teacher ratio
16.2:1
Grade span
6–8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White53781%
Hispanic or Latino8913%
Two or more races284.2%
Black or African American71.1%
Asian2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

405 of the school's 664 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 359 qualify for free lunch and 46 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 6–8Title I

Ionia Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-20, state senate district 19, state house district 86.

School district: Ionia Public Schools

Ionia Middle School is one of 8 schools in Ionia Public Schools, based in IONIA, Michigan. The district serves 2,675 students district-wide and employs 153 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 664 students, Ionia Middle School is larger than the district average of about 334 students per school.

2,675
District students
8
Schools
153
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

40%
Reading proficient
26%
Math proficient
15%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi 💻 Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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