In 2015, the Board of Education used $14 million to address health/safety concerns and to build a new athletic complex.

In 1917, a new high school building was completed to help centralize students and ease overcrowding.

[6] In 2009, a massive renovation effort was completed to help alleviate the building's age with repair and modernization.

[7] RBHS is home to multiple academic departments and hosts classes in applied & fine arts, English, math, science, social science, health & wellness, international languages, and special education services.

They are a member of the Illinois High School Association and currently compete in the Upstate Eight Conference.

[12][5] The Clarion is student-run and seeks to teach members about the performance and ethics of journalism.

[12] RBTV, the school's television program, can trace its roots back to 1980 with students managed a makeshift television studio with second-hand equipment to produce projects and a student-run news program.