The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 43% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Edgewood Intermediate School
Edgewood Intermediate School serves third through fifth grade in the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation, located in the western part of the Bloomington area. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its address falls within the Bloomington postal boundary on a rural road west of the city’s developed core. For a family considering this school, the setting matters: it draws from the district’s western attendance zone, not from Bloomington proper, so the student body and community feel are shaped by the smaller towns and unincorporated areas west of town rather than by the Indiana University-anchored city.
The student body at Edgewood is not diverse in a demographic sense. Enrollment is predominantly white, with very small shares of Hispanic students and students of two or more races, and only a handful of students from other racial groups. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a share that places the school in the middle range of economic need rather than at either extreme. The school serves just over five hundred students across three grades, giving each grade level a sizable cohort but keeping total enrollment moderate enough that a family is unlikely to feel lost in a crowd.
On state assessments, Edgewood’s results are mixed. In science, a subject tested in fourth grade, a majority of students scored proficient or above, which is a solid result. In math, just over half of students reached the proficient threshold. In English language arts, fewer than half of students met that mark. Social studies, tested only in fifth grade, saw about half of students score proficient or above. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages results across these subjects, sits above the midpoint when compared with other districts in Monroe County, but not near the top of that group. So a parent can expect that a child arriving at grade level is likely to maintain ground in math and science, but the English language arts results are a softer spot worth asking about directly. The school participated in state testing at very high rates, so the results reflect nearly the entire student body.
Because Edgewood serves only intermediate grades, there is no graduation rate to report and no high school pathway data within the building. The school does not appear to offer specialized programs or magnets, nor does it have a Title I designation recorded. Discipline data and chronic absenteeism rates were not available in the data provided, so a parent would need to inquire with the school directly about those topics if they are a concern.
The district itself, Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation, has seen little publicly reported change in recent years that would affect a family’s decision. No recent consolidations, boundary shifts, or program launches were found in the research window. The school’s address on Reeves Road places it in a mostly rural area west of Bloomington, where housing values are modestly below the Bloomington city average and rents are lower than what a family would pay closer to campus.
For a family weighing this school, the academic picture is mixed but clear: the school performs respectably in math and science relative to its county peers, while English language arts is an area where a parent may want to understand what interventions or supports are in place. The student body is economically mixed but racially homogeneous, and the school’s moderate size means classes are large enough for group work but not overcrowded. The setting is rural-suburban, not urban, and the school does not have the programmatic breadth that larger elementary schools in Bloomington’s other district might offer. A family that values a straightforward, neighborhood-style intermediate school in a lower-cost part of the county will find Edgewood a reasonable match; a family looking for racial diversity, intensive language arts support, or specialized programming would want to look into those specifics further.
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