Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation (RBB) is a
public school corporation located in northwestern
Monroe County, Indiana
Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The population was 137,974 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Bloomin ...
, USA. RBB and
Monroe County Community School Corporation
The Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) is a school corporation providing primary, secondary and adult educational services in Monroe County, Indiana. MCCSC constitutes a unified school district and has tax and legislative author ...
are the only two school corporations serving the county. RBB serves
Ellettsville,
Stinesville,
Beanblossom Township, and
Richland Township. The Richland-Bean Blossom Metropolitan School District was formed in 1963 and became the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation in 1965.
The district is accredited by
AdvancED.
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The district's budget for 2021 was $28.8 million; a $47,121 loss is expected, but it would not impact RBB until the 2024-25 academic year. 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.][
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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. School enrollment for the 2019-2020 academic year was 770; 92% of students are white. The EHS Mustang
The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but because they are descended from once- domesticated animals, the ...
s participate in the Western Indiana Conference
The Western Indiana Conference is the name of two IHSAA-sanctioned conferences based in West Central Indiana. The first formed as an eight-team league that formed as a basketball league in 1944 as the West Central Conference. The league start ...
for football, golf, sideline cheer, soccer, volleyball, cross-country, basketball, dance, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, baseball, softball, tennis, track, and lacrosse. Non-athletic student organizations include ''AESOP Magazine'', Academic Super Bowl (1997 State Champions in math, English, social studies, fine arts, and interdisciplinary studies), GSA, Key Club, National Honor Society, and Spanish Club. Their theatre arts group is called the Masqued Crafters. The Marching Mustangs were first in the 2018 Open Class C Indiana State School Music Association competition and placed second the following year. Dirk Ackerman was the principal for the 2021-2022 academic school year.
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.[ 618 students attend EJHS, 92% of which are white.]
Elementary schools
Edgewood Intermediate School (3-5)
Edgewood Intermediate School (EIS) is in Ellettsville and serves grades 3-5. 632 were enrolled for the 2019-2020 academic year, 89% of which were white. In 2008, EIS won the state's Outdoor Lab of the Year recognition and was recertified as a STEM school by the Indiana Department of Education
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) oversees primary and secondary education in the U.S. state of Indiana. The department is managed by the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, an elected office most recently held by Jennifer McCo ...
in 2021.[
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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. EPS' mascot is the pony.[ In 2021, EPS was recertified by the ]Indiana Department of Education
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) oversees primary and secondary education in the U.S. state of Indiana. The department is managed by the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, an elected office most recently held by Jennifer McCo ...
as a STEM school.[
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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.National Association for the Education of Young Children
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a large nonprofit association in the United States representing early childhood education teachers, para-educators, center directors, trainers, college educators, families o ...
.[ The preschool coordinator for 2020-2021 was Matt Wooden.
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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. It is considered a dropout prevention program.
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.
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. In 2016, Seven Oaks Classical School, a public charter, moved into the building as part of a multi-stage expansion plan.
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. In 2019, the district sold the vacant building to the town council for $1.
External links
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School districts in Indiana
Education in Monroe County, Indiana