Case Study: Middlebury Community Schools cuts student vaping 30% and outages 80% with Rhombus
Key results
The challenge
Middlebury Community Schools in Elkhart County, Indiana, serves 4,300 students and 550 staff across seven schools and an administrative center spread over 100 square miles. The district was constrained by a legacy security system that was unreliable and difficult to maintain.
The solution
The district deployed Rhombus cloud-managed cameras and environmental sensors, giving staff real-time notifications, instant footage access, and vape/air-quality detection.
“Rhombus has equipped us to create a safer, more efficient learning environment. With reduced maintenance costs and faster incident response times, it's become an essential part of our safety and technology strategy.”
JMJeremy MillerDirector of Technology, Middlebury Community Schools
The results, in context
Using Rhombus environmental sensors, Middlebury decreased student vaping incidents by 30% and reduced average incident response time by 10 minutes. Improved reliability cut system outages by 80% and saved $10,000 in annual IT maintenance costs, while investigation time dropped 70% and IT staff saved 8-10 hours per week.