Richland County Community Unit School District 1


Richland County Community Unit School District 1 is a unified K-12 public school district based in Olney, Illinois. On July 1, 2015, the district name was changed from East Richland Community Unit School District 1 after annexing the territory of West Richland Community Unit School District 2. The resulting school district includes Richland County as well as small parts of Clay, Jasper, Lawrence, and Wayne counties.

Richland County Elementary School

Richland County Elementary School, popularly known as RCES, is the single primary school in the district. As of 2011, the school encompasses 1102 students between these six grade levels, Kindergarten through 5th Grade.
Built in 2001, RCES incorporated the four former schools in Richland County onto one property. It incorporates six classroom pods into two wings, with each wing serving either primary or intermediate students. Prior to 2010, each wing of the school were administered by a separate principal; now, Cris Edwards is the main principal and Jennifer Tedford and Margret Hahn are the secondary principal's

Richland County Middle School

Richland County Middle School, popularly known as RCMS, is the middle school in the district. As of 2011, the school has 439 students between three grade levels, 6th through 8th grade. Darrell Houchin serves as principal while J.D. Hubard as assistant principal.
In 2011, RCMS was awarded a 1:1 Technology Grant through the State of Illinois. Through this initiative, the school purchased and deployed more than 500 Apple iPad 2 tablets to teachers and students for use in the classroom.cns|date=August 2016|The school offers athletic programs in basketball, volleyball, cheerleading, track, and cross country. The school mascot is the tiger cub.

Richland County High School

Notable alumni include Brittany Johnson, a guard for the Ohio State University women's basketball team.