Ionia Public Schools


Ionia Public Schools is a public school district in Ionia County, Michigan. It serves almost all of Ionia, all of Lyons and Muir, and parts of the townships of Berlin, Easton, Ionia, Lyons, North Plains, Orange, Orleans, and Ronald.
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History

By 1837, a schoolhouse had been established in Ionia. A union school district was established in 1863 and it built Central School in 1866. The first high school class graduated from Central School 1871. In 1894, the football team was established.
In 1958, the district organized a service for homebound disabled students to receive instruction via telephone.
The present Ionia High School was built in 1989. It replaced a high school building built in 1938. It was designed by architect Roger Allen and paid for by the Works Progress Administration. It received additions in 1948, 1953, and 1956 and as of 1958, it housed junior high grades and an elementary school.