Edgewood Junior High School

Edgewood Junior High School is a junior high of mid-tier scale in Ellettsville, Indiana, run under Richland-Bean Blossom C S C, instructing 627 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 5 schools in Richland-Bean Blossom C S C (2,776 students total), Edgewood Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Edgewood Junior High School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting Edgewood Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edgewood Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Monroe County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,868 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Monroe County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students), Edgewood Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Edgewood Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Edgewood Junior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edgewood Junior High School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Edgewood Junior High School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 648 (now 627). Over the same period, the White share fell from 93% to 89%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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