Ida Public Schools


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.

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.
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. 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. Warren Holmes Company was the architect.
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.

Schools

Ida Public Schools consists of three schools that share a campus in the village of Ida.
SchoolAddressNotes
Ida Elementary School7900 Ida Street, IdaGrades PreK-4
Ida Middle School3143 Prairie Street, IdaGrades 5-8
Ida High School3145 Prairie Street, IdaGrades 9-12

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