Ida Public Schools

Ida Public Schools
Address
3145 Prairie Street [1] Ida , Monroe County , Michigan , 48140 United States
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Where Learning Strikes [1]
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten-12
Superintendent	David Eack [2]
Schools	3 [3]
Budget	$17,913,000 2021-2022 expenditures [3]
NCES District ID	2619050 [3]
Students and staff
Students	1,443 (2023-2024) [3]
Teachers	81.56 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [3]
Staff	172.23 FTE (2023-2024) [3]
Student–teacher ratio	17.69 (2023-2024) [3]
Athletic conference	Lenawee County Athletic Association
District mascot	Bluestreaks
Colors	Blue & Yellow
Other information
Website	www.idaschools.org

Ida Public Schools is a public school district in Monroe County, Michigan. It serves Ida and parts of the townships of Dundee, Ida, La Salle, Monroe, Raisinville. ^[4]

History

Ida's public school district was established in 1872. A two-room, two-story brick school was built that year on the site of the current school campus, but by 1904 its bricks had deteriorated and the building was unsafe. A ten-room school was built on the site in 1906, which included a high school. A 2-room elementary school was built in 1940, now a section of Ida Middle School. ^[5]

Nine independent outlying school districts, each with a rural schoolhouse, consolidated with Ida's district in 1946. The Agricultural Building, currently located between the high school and middle school, was built in 1950. ^[6] Ida Elementary opened in the growing district in 1952 to house grades kindergarten to six. A new Ida High School was built in 1955 and currently forms part of Ida Middle School. The current high school was built around 1966, and the 1906 school building was then demolished. ^[5] Warren Holmes Company was the architect. ^[7]

The original bell from the 1872 schoolhouse was recovered by the Class of 1969 and installed at Hemelgarn Field, the district's football stadium, to celebrate victories. ^[5]

Schools

Ida High School

Ida Public Schools consists of three schools that share a campus in the village of Ida. ^[8]

Schools in Ida Public Schools district ^{[3] [1]}

School	Address	Notes
Ida Elementary School	7900 Ida Street, Ida	Grades PreK-4
Ida Middle School	3143 Prairie Street, Ida	Grades 5-8
Ida High School	3145 Prairie Street, Ida	Grades 9-12

Notabile Alumni

Stephen Herbert Langdon, scholar of Assyriology. ^[5]

References

1. Ida Public Schools. "Ida Public Schools" . Retrieved November 18, 2025.
2. Ida Public Schools. "Ida Staff Directory" . Retrieved November 18, 2025.
3. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ida Public Schools". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
4. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Monroe County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved November 18, 2025.
5. Jeremy Potter. 150 Years of Ida Schools (Video). YouTube. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
6. Editorial staff of Ida High School yearbook. Comet 1953 (Ida High School 1953 yearbook). p. 6.
7. Editorial staff of Ida High School yearbook. 66 Comet (Ida High School 1966 yearbook). p. 1.
8. Ida Public Schools. "About Us" . Retrieved November 18, 2025.

External links

• Ida Public Schools Homepage

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