📍 101 W 10th St, Chicago Heights, Cook County, 60411
Bloom High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Chicago Heights, Cook County. The school has 1,737 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jerry Anderson. It is part of the Bloom Twp HSD 206 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 93.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. 7% are proficient in maths. The school offers 13 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bloom High School enrolls 1,737 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 93.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 40% Black or African American and 2.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 955 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 695 | 40% |
| White | 47 | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,357 of the school's 1,737 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bloom High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-20, state senate district 40, state house district 80.
Bloom High School is one of 3 schools in Bloom Twp HSD 206, based in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The district serves 3,041 students district-wide and employs 167 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,737 students, Bloom High School is larger than the district average of about 1,014 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large