Eighth Ward (Ritchie) School Principals
- Information up to 1978 from "A Collection About Ohio County Public Schools," Bonar, Levering C., 1978.
 
Eighth Ward (Ritchie) Principals
| H. N. Mertz | 1872-1879 | 
| J. C. Wynne | 1879-1884 | 
| F. H. Crago | 1884-1912 | 
| H. B. Johns | 1912-1915 | 
| George B. Rose | 1915-1920 | 
| Earl W. Giesey | 1920-1924 | 
| William M. Beetham | 1924-1925 | 
| Jennie McGown | 1925-1927 | 
| H. L. Trussell | 1927-1934 | 
| E. W. Gittings | 1934-1951 | 
| *Bessie Jobes | 1947-1951 | 
| Harold K. Blayney | 1951-1955 | 
| V. Everett Brinkman | 1955-1957 | 
| W. Herman Thornburg | 1957-1972 | 
| Dorothy Beck | 1972-1975 | 
| John U. Crunelle | 1975-? | 
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| John Jorden | ?-present | 
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