Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility

As a rural-scale secondary school in IONIA, Michigan, Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility hosts 3 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Michigan Department of Corrections. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 99% below typical.

Across the 14 schools in Michigan Department of Corrections (83 students total), Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility shows that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Ionia County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,611 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ionia County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,506 students), of which Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility is one.

The closest other public school is Handlon Correctional Facility, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility's enrollment has ticked down 40% since 2018, when it stood at 5 (now 3). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 20% to 0%.

On allk12, members of the Ionia Maximum Correctional Facility community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.