The district's budget for 2021 was $28.8 million; a $47,121 loss was expected, but it would not impact RBB until the 2024-25 academic year.[9] In 2021, results from the ILEARN test, a standardized exam introduced to the district in 2019, showed that only 31.7% of students were proficient in both math and English, though the value of these statistics were questioned due to the pandemic's effect on learning.[1]
High schools
Edgewood High School (9-12)
Edgewood High School (EHS) in Elletsville was founded in 1964 when Stinesville and Ellettsville high schools were consolidated.[10][11] School enrollment for the 2019-2020 academic year was 770; 92% of students are white.[12] The EHS Mustangs participate in the Western Indiana Conference for football, golf, sideline cheer, soccer, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, dance, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, baseball, softball, tennis, track, and lacrosse.[13] Non-athletic student organizations include AESOP Magazine, Academic Super Bowl (1997 State Champions in math, English, social studies, fine arts, and interdisciplinary studies),[14]GSA, Key Club, National Honor Society, and Spanish Club.[15] Their theatre arts group is called the Masqued Crafters.[16] The Marching Mustangs were first in the 2018 Open Class C Indiana State School Music Association competition and placed second the following year.[17] Dirk Ackerman was the principal for the 2021-2022 academic school year.[18]
Middle schools
Edgewood Junior High School (6-8)
Edgewood Junior High School (EJHS) in Ellettsville opened in 1969 in a brand-new building and offers grades six, seven, and eight.[7][19][20] 618 students attend EJHS, 92% of which are white.[2] Students can participate in cross country, football, volleyball, tennis, basketball, swimming and diving, wrestling, track and field, baseball, and softball.[21] Jonathan Siegelin was the principal for the 2020-2021 academic year.[8] They have two choirs: Mini Warehouse and the girls' group Center Stage.[22]
Elementary schools
Edgewood Intermediate School (3-5)
Edgewood Intermediate School (EIS) is in Ellettsville and serves grades 3-5.[23] 632 were enrolled for the 2019-2020 academic year, 89% of which were white.[24] In 2008, EIS won the state's Outdoor Lab of the Year recognition[25] and was recertified as a STEM school by the Indiana Department of Education in 2021.[26] Jennifer Lee was the principal for the 2020-2021 academic year.[27] The mascot for EIS is an eagle.[27]
Edgewood Primary School (K-2)
Edgewood Primary School (EPS) is located in Ellettsville, offers pre-kindergarten through second grade, and has an enrollment of 581, 92% of which are white.[28][29] EPS' mascot is the pony.[30] Brenda Whitaker was the principal for the 2020-2021 academic year.[30] In 2021, EPS was recertified by the Indiana Department of Education as a STEM school.[26]
Other schools
Edgewood Early Childhood Center (PK)
Edgewood Early Childhood Center (EECC) is a level 3 Paths to QUALITY school, a rating given by the state, located in Ellettsville.[31][32] The school has started working towards a level four rating, which would involve being nationally accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.[32] The preschool coordinator for 2020-2021 was Matt Wooden.[33]
Edge Alternative School
Edge Alternative School (EAS) offers students who did not have the opportunity to graduate on time due to any variety of obstacles a chance to earn high school credit.[34][35] It is considered a dropout prevention program.[36]
Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative
Forest Hills Special Education Cooperative in Ellettsville is a collaborative special education program between RBB and Spencer-Owen Community Schools.[37]
Former schools
Ellettsville Elementary
Ellettsville Elementary closed unceremoniously in the early 2000s despite being one of the state's largest elementary schools in 1993 and became a commercial space known as Eagle's Landing.[38][39] In 2016, Seven Oaks Classical School, a public charter, moved into the building as part of a multi-stage expansion plan.[40]
Stinesville Elementary
Due to decreasing enrollment numbers and increasing repair costs, RBB voted to close Stinesville Elementary School at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year despite community protests.[41][42] In 2019, the district sold the vacant building to the town council for $1.[43][44]
^ ab"2012-2013 Student Handbook"(PDF). Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation. 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
