Ida Public Schools
School district in Michigan
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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]
| Ida Public Schools | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Address | |
3145 Prairie Street[1]
, Monroe County, Michigan, 48140United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°54′23″N 83°34′11″W |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Where Learning Strikes[1] |
| Grades | Pre-Kindergarten-12 |
| Superintendent | David Eack[2] |
| Schools | 3[3] |
| Budget | $19,486,000 2022-2023 expenditures[3] |
| NCES District ID | 2619050[3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,410 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Teachers | 82.1 (on an FTE basis) (2024-2025)[3] |
| Staff | 175.62 FTE (2024-2025)[3] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 17.17 (2024-2025)[3] |
| Athletic conference | Lenawee County Athletic Association |
| District mascot | Bluestreaks |
| Colors | Blue & Yellow |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
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 Public Schools consists of three schools that share a campus in the village of Ida.[8]
Notabile Alumni
Stephen Herbert Langdon, scholar of Assyriology.[5]