Summary:
The Ida Public School District is served by a single elementary school, Ida Elementary School, which enrolls 514 students across grades PK through 4 in a rural Michigan community. This one school carries the district’s entire elementary mission, and the data shows it is performing well above state averages in most areas, making it a solid choice for families with young children.
Ida Elementary School is a high-achieving school, earning a 4-out-of-5-star rating and ranking in the 84th percentile statewide (99th out of 625 districts). Its greatest academic strength is 3rd-grade math, where 60.9% of students are proficient—a remarkable 18 percentage points above the state average of 42.9%. English Language Arts performance is also consistently strong, with 3rd and 4th graders scoring between 47% and 50% proficient, beating state averages by 6 to 9 points. However, there is a notable drop in 4th-grade math (43.7% proficient) compared to 3rd grade, a 17-point decline that suggests the transition to 4th grade may need extra support. The school also showed impressive year-over-year improvement in 3rd grade, with math proficiency jumping 9.2 points and ELA rising 3.1 points between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.
Attendance is a clear strength: the chronic absenteeism rate is just 13.6%, less than half the state average of 27.9%, which likely contributes to the strong test scores. Only about 23% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a relatively low level of economic disadvantage. The school spends $13,294 per student and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 17.1 to 1. While the state ranking dipped slightly in 2024-2025 (67th percentile) before rebounding to 72nd in 2025-2026, this appears to reflect other schools improving faster rather than a decline in Ida’s own performance. For parents, this is a dependable, above-average elementary school with excellent early-grade math instruction and a clear area for growth in 4th-grade math.
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