Is Bloom High School a good school?

Bloom High School ranks in the bottom 21.8% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Bloom High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,832 students attended Bloom High School.

What is the racial makeup of Bloom High School?

Students at Bloom High School are 56% Hispanic, 40% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Bloom High School?

Bloom High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Garfield Elementary School Elementary : Greenbriar Elementary School Elementary : Hickory Bend Elementary School Elementary : Jefferson Elementary School Elementary : Kennedy Elementary School Elementary : Lincoln Elementary School Elementary : Longwood Elementary School Elementary : Roosevelt Elementary School Elementary : U S Grant Elementary School Elementary : Washington-McKinley Elementary School Elementary : Wilson Elementary School Middle : Brookwood Junior High School Middle : Brookwood Middle School

Bloom High School

Summary:

Bloom High School is a public high school located in Chicago Heights, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,737 students. The school is part of the Bloom Township High School District 206, which is ranked 779 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bloom High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with academic performance significantly below state averages across various standardized tests. The school's four-year graduation rate of 88.6% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.9% is higher than the state average. Additionally, Bloom High School has a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 48.4%, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school's student population is predominantly low-income, with 78.12% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.

Interestingly, Bloom High School's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and English Language Learner students performing relatively better than the overall school. However, the school's performance is generally lower than that of nearby schools, such as Southland College Prep Charter High School, which is only about 5 miles away. This stark contrast in performance highlights the potential impact of school choice and the need for equitable access to high-quality educational opportunities.

Detail:

Public 9-12

101 W 10th St
Chicago Heights, IL 60411-2100

(708) 755-1122

District: Bloom Township HSD 206

SchoolDigger Rank:
545^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,056

Feeder schools for Bloom High School:

Elementary:	Garfield Elementary School
	Greenbriar Elementary School
	Hickory Bend Elementary School
	Jefferson Elementary School
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	Kennedy Elementary School
	Lincoln Elementary School
	Longwood Elementary School
	Roosevelt Elementary School
	U S Grant Elementary School
	Washington-McKinley Elementary School
	Wilson Elementary School
Middle:	Brookwood Junior High School
	Brookwood Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 18.8

Number of students: 1,832

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

55.6%

African American:

39.7%

White:

2.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bloom High School ranks worse than 78.2% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.74. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Bloom High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Bloom High School has the largest high school student body size in the Bloom Township HSD 206 School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (55.6%), African American (39.7%), White (2.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 84.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Bloom Township HSD 206 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bloom High School is 18.8, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Bloom Township HSD 206 School District! (See more...)

Compare Bloom High School employs 97.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bloom High School is $22,056. 1 high schools in the Bloom Township HSD 206 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bloom High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bloom High School 545^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Bloom High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Bloom Township HSD 206:

SchoolDigger ranks Bloom Township HSD 206 779^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bloom High School

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Rank History for all students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	3.73	550^th	586	6.1%
2004	6.53	535^th	592	9.6%
2005	3.92	543^rd	590	8.0%
2006	5.80	544^th	596	8.7%
2007	6.77	552^nd	612	9.8%
2008	5.74	566^th	624	9.3%
2009	4.78	577^th	632	8.7%
2010	7.89	567^th	643	11.8%
2011	5.92	594^th	655	9.3%
2012	6.08	603^rd	665	9.3%
2013	8.37	599^th	670	10.6%
2014	7.65	602^nd	670	10.1%
2015	13.44	566^th	614	7.8%
2016	11.85	602^nd	643	6.4%
2017	17.22	544^th	642	15.3%
2018	15.86	557^th	647	13.9%
2019	22.38	553^rd	701	21.1%
2021	17.34	572^nd	688	16.9%
2022	27.18	515^th	699	26.3%
2023	19.47	569^th	699	18.6%
2024	20.74	545^th	697	21.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.55	133^rd	154	13.6%
2019	10.66	158^th	165	4.2%
2021	6.12	156^th	160	2.5%
2023	16.65	142^nd	163	12.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	39.27	75^th	151	50.3%
2019	67.18	22^nd	183	88.0%
2021	42.38	76^th	189	59.8%
2022	40.40	113^th	205	44.9%
2023	61.02	49^th	217	77.4%
2024	48.53	85^th	248	65.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.31	150^th	374	59.9%
2019	35.09	264^th	473	44.2%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	26.60	335^th	476	29.6%
2024	22.20	374^th	482	22.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.89	460^th	585	21.4%
2019	36.09	413^th	639	35.4%
2021	33.98	409^th	611	33.1%
2022	32.48	434^th	626	30.7%
2023	26.73	496^th	644	23.0%
2024	30.30	432^nd	639	32.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.22	539^th	620	13.1%
2019	23.93	505^th	665	24.1%
2021	13.52	560^th	639	12.4%
2022	31.88	460^th	658	30.1%
2023	19.00	538^th	656	18.0%
2024	25.52	476^th	664	28.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	31.12	272^nd	428	36.4%
2024	30.42	249^th	429	42.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	16.89	524^th	619	15.3%
2019	20.63	544^th	675	19.4%
2021	21.03	516^th	653	21.0%
2022	21.47	527^th	664	20.6%
2023	19.98	548^th	668	18.0%
2024	17.52	550^th	668	17.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.91	146^th	253	42.3%
2019	45.52	126^th	299	57.9%
2021	46.06	107^th	281	61.9%
2022	54.61	91^st	294	69.0%
2023	36.50	162^nd	301	46.2%
2024	40.60	140^th	299	53.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.56	224^th	291	23.0%
2019	31.65	221^st	317	30.3%
2021	22.83	262^nd	317	17.4%
2022	35.00	213^th	335	36.4%
2023	28.80	247^th	333	25.8%
2024	26.79	249^th	336	25.9%

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Rank History for White students at Bloom High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	11.19	520^th	548	5.1%
2019	9.75	531^st	552	3.8%
2022	60.11	185^th	560	67.0%
2024	34.22	337^th	554	39.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Bloom High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	809	847	5	372	4	n/a	n/a	0	2037
1989	684	842	3	342	4	n/a	n/a	0	1875
1990	644	819	3	374	5	n/a	n/a	0	1845
1991	559	784	2	402	7	n/a	n/a	0	1754
1992	554	780	7	401	7	n/a	n/a	0	1749
1993	574	805	7	413	6	n/a	n/a	0	1805
1994	564	836	3	393	10	n/a	n/a	0	1806
1995	462	692	3	364	8	n/a	n/a	0	1529
1996	462	692	3	364	8	n/a	n/a	0	1529
1997	393	676	5	401	5	n/a	n/a	0	1480
1998	346	662	5	369	0	n/a	n/a	0	1382
1999	303	618	4	357	5	n/a	n/a	0	1287
2000	277	623	0	351	3	n/a	n/a	0	1254
2001	222	659	1	370	11	n/a	n/a	0	1263
2002	203	707	9	467	13	n/a	n/a	0	1399
2003	203	707	9	467	13	n/a	n/a	0	1399
2004	187	768	5	516	11	n/a	n/a	0	1487
2005	179	796	5	543	12	n/a	n/a	7	1542
2006	214	1092	4	653	1	n/a	n/a	0	1964
2007	155	920	2	569	6	n/a	n/a	3	1655
2008	144	936	3	566	4	n/a	n/a	16	1669
2009	126	988	5	582	2	n/a	n/a	44	1747
2010	116	925	7	610	3	n/a	n/a	65	1726
2011	103	874	4	616	2	4	69	0	1672
2012	107	823	2	664	1	3	71	0	1671
2013	114	806	3	712	0	3	36	0	1674
2014	113	772	2	725	4	3	41	0	1660
2015	97	784	2	742	7	2	39	0	1673
2016	76	763	1	718	9	1	53	0	1621
2017	67	736	1	786	9	0	55	0	1654
2018	62	725	1	823	8	0	62	0	1681
2019	47	659	1	845	5	0	85	0	1642
2020	39	593	1	859	4	1	65	0	1562
2021	48	632	0	915	6	1	74	0	1676
2022	75	653	0	919	6	1	70	0	1724
2023	47	695	0	955	1	2	37	0	1737
2024	53	727	0	1019	3	1	29	0	1832

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bloom High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2037	101.0	20.1	n/a
1989	1875	102.8	18.2	n/a
1990	1845	99.8	18.4	n/a
1991	1754	93.0	18.8	n/a
1992	1749	96.0	18.2	n/a
1993	1805	96.0	18.8	n/a
1994	1806	90.0	20.1	n/a
1995	1529	63.0	24.3	n/a
1996	1529	63.0	24.3	n/a
1997	1480	63.0	23.5	n/a
1998	1382	70.0	19.7	n/a
1999	1287	69.0	18.7	n/a
2000	1254	86.0	14.6	n/a
2001	1263	91.0	13.9	n/a
2002	1399	100.0	14.0	57
2003	1399	100.0	14.0	57
2004	1487	95.0	15.7	54.6
2005	1542	88.0	17.5	68.7
2006	1964	79.0	24.9	56.6
2007	1655	76.0	21.8	74.3
2008	1669	70.0	23.8	75.5
2009	1747	83.0	21.0	73.8
2010	1726	85.5	20.1	79.5
2011	1672	82.6	20.2	75
2012	1671	82.0	20.3	76.7
2013	1674	122.0	13.7	n/a
2014	1660	76.2	21.7	83.9
2015	1673	75.0	22.3	90.6
2016	1621	91.0	17.8	72.9
2017	1654	90.2	18.3	85.2
2018	1681	91.0	18.4	85.9
2019	1642	95.7	17.1	86.2
2020	1562	93.1	16.7	83.2
2021	1676	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1724	94.7	18.1	75.6
2023	1737	93.2	18.6	78.1
2024	1832	97.4	18.8	84.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bloom High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	2037	101.0	20.1	n/a
1989	1875	102.8	18.2	n/a
1990	1845	99.8	18.4	n/a
1991	1754	93.0	18.8	n/a
1992	1749	96.0	18.2	n/a
1993	1805	96.0	18.8	n/a
1994	1806	90.0	20.1	n/a
1995	1529	63.0	24.3	n/a
1996	1529	63.0	24.3	n/a
1997	1480	63.0	23.5	n/a
1998	1382	70.0	19.7	n/a
1999	1287	69.0	18.7	n/a
2000	1254	86.0	14.6	n/a
2001	1263	91.0	13.9	n/a
2002	1399	100.0	14.0	57
2003	1399	100.0	14.0	57
2004	1487	95.0	15.7	54.6
2005	1542	88.0	17.5	68.7
2006	1964	79.0	24.9	56.6
2007	1655	76.0	21.8	74.3
2008	1669	70.0	23.8	75.5
2009	1747	83.0	21.0	73.8
2010	1726	85.5	20.1	79.5
2011	1672	82.6	20.2	75
2012	1671	82.0	20.3	76.7
2013	1674	122.0	13.7	n/a
2014	1660	76.2	21.7	83.9
2015	1673	75.0	22.3	90.6
2016	1621	91.0	17.8	72.9
2017	1654	90.2	18.3	85.2
2018	1681	91.0	18.4	85.9
2019	1642	95.7	17.1	86.2
2020	1562	93.1	16.7	83.2
2021	1676	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1724	94.7	18.1	75.6
2023	1737	93.2	18.6	78.1
2024	1832	97.4	18.8	84.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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