Is Bloom Trail High School a good school?

Bloom Trail High School ranks in the bottom 16.1% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Bloom Trail High School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,227 students attended Bloom Trail High School.

What is the racial makeup of Bloom Trail High School?

Students at Bloom Trail High School are 57% African American, 28% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Bloom Trail High School?

Bloom Trail High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Sandridge Elementary School Elementary : Steger Intermediate Center Elementary : Steger Primary Center Elementary : Strassburg Elementary Elementary : Wagoner Elementary Middle : Columbia Central School Middle : Rickover Junior High School

Bloom Trail High School

Summary:

Bloom Trail High School is a public high school located in Chicago Heights, Illinois, serving 1,227 students in grades 9-12. 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 Trail High School consistently ranks in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with academic performance significantly below state averages in key metrics like SAT Math, SAT ELA, and ISA Science. The school's graduation rate has improved in recent years, but its dropout rate remains high, ranging from 2.4% to 5.3%, which is substantially higher than the state average. Bloom Trail High School also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 48.1% to 51.8%, compared to the state average. The school serves a predominantly low-income student population, with 74.65% to 80.03% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Compared to nearby schools, Bloom Trail High School's performance is generally lower than Bloom High School, which is also part of the Bloom Township High School District, as well as the higher-performing Homewood-Flossmoor High School and Thornton Fractnl So High School. The nearby Crete-Monee High School, which is part of a different district, also outperforms Bloom Trail High School in several key metrics. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with particularly low performance for English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

22331 Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago Heights, IL 60411-5652

(708) 758-7000

District: Bloom Township HSD 206

SchoolDigger Rank:
585^th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,079

Feeder schools for Bloom Trail High School:

Elementary:	Sandridge Elementary School
	Steger Intermediate Center
	Steger Primary Center
	Strassburg Elementary
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	Wagoner Elementary
Middle:	Columbia Central School
	Rickover Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.5

Number of students: 1,227

Racial breakdown:

African American:

57.0%

Hispanic:

27.8%

White:

10.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 80%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bloom Trail High School ranks worse than 83.9% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.93. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Bloom Trail 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.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bloom Trail High School is $22,079.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bloom Trail High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bloom Trail High School 585^th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Bloom Trail High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Special Education students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

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White students:

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 Trail High School

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Rank History for all students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	15.55	503^rd	586	14.2%
2004	7.43	533^rd	592	10.0%
2005	12.25	521^st	590	11.7%
2006	8.43	533^rd	596	10.6%
2007	7.99	548^th	612	10.5%
2008	9.07	551^st	624	11.7%
2009	9.68	559^th	632	11.6%
2010	11.93	558^th	643	13.2%
2011	7.48	584^th	655	10.8%
2012	11.03	577^th	665	13.2%
2013	11.26	579^th	670	13.6%
2014	19.47	549^th	670	18.1%
2015	22.63	488^th	614	20.5%
2016	19.77	535^th	643	16.8%
2017	17.77	540^th	642	15.9%
2018	23.18	517^th	647	20.1%
2019	23.38	543^rd	701	22.5%
2021	22.74	530^th	688	23.0%
2022	22.24	551^st	699	21.2%
2023	22.78	551^st	699	21.2%
2024	15.93	585^th	697	16.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.68	123^rd	154	20.1%
2019	20.71	128^th	165	22.4%
2021	11.56	144^th	160	10.0%
2022	35.86	105^th	170	38.2%
2023	36.01	97^th	163	40.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	46.75	66^th	183	63.9%
2021	32.79	86^th	189	54.5%
2022	30.75	156^th	205	23.9%
2023	26.96	189^th	217	12.9%
2024	28.56	158^th	248	36.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	32.39	228^th	374	39.0%
2019	32.05	300^th	473	36.6%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	21.07	375^th	476	21.2%
2024	20.75	377^th	482	21.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.74	420^th	585	28.2%
2019	30.98	451^st	639	29.4%
2021	27.24	471^st	611	22.9%
2022	35.14	422^nd	626	32.6%
2023	32.37	458^th	644	28.9%
2024	20.92	521^st	639	18.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	28.07	55^th	104	47.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.63	502^nd	620	19.0%
2019	28.09	482^nd	665	27.5%
2021	21.94	493^rd	639	22.8%
2022	21.57	517^th	658	21.4%
2023	21.83	511^th	656	22.1%
2024	16.29	552^nd	664	16.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.78	377^th	428	11.9%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.05	492^nd	619	20.5%
2019	18.86	555^th	675	17.8%
2021	22.68	503^rd	653	23.0%
2022	22.51	517^th	664	22.1%
2023	23.59	521^st	668	22.0%
2024	16.14	564^th	668	15.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	37.59	139^th	253	45.1%
2019	36.86	157^th	299	47.5%
2021	37.34	149^th	281	47.0%
2022	38.61	154^th	294	47.6%
2023	36.91	161^st	301	46.5%
2024	26.44	235^th	299	21.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	50.27	125^th	291	57.0%
2019	43.84	154^th	317	51.4%
2021	41.19	160^th	317	49.5%
2022	32.68	226^th	335	32.5%
2023	37.50	199^th	333	40.2%
2024	32.14	217^th	336	35.4%

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Rank History for White students at Bloom Trail High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.67	382^nd	548	30.3%
2019	38.85	311^th	552	43.7%
2021	30.96	366^th	553	33.8%
2022	22.44	465^th	560	17.0%
2023	27.59	424^th	557	23.9%
2024	17.90	478^th	554	13.7%

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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 Trail High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1185	636	5	117	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1943
1989	1074	628	3	109	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1814
1990	1053	549	1	73	6	n/a	n/a	0	1682
1991	1037	536	2	82	5	n/a	n/a	0	1662
1992	1001	545	0	110	0	n/a	n/a	0	1656
1993	971	544	2	123	9	n/a	n/a	0	1649
1994	907	603	0	138	8	n/a	n/a	0	1656
1995	786	567	8	144	15	n/a	n/a	0	1520
1996	786	567	8	144	15	n/a	n/a	0	1520
1997	732	568	3	131	12	n/a	n/a	0	1446
1998	689	528	4	135	15	n/a	n/a	0	1371
1999	644	482	9	124	10	n/a	n/a	0	1269
2000	621	548	9	125	16	n/a	n/a	0	1319
2001	640	534	3	124	16	n/a	n/a	0	1317
2002	642	619	3	136	13	n/a	n/a	0	1413
2003	642	619	3	136	13	n/a	n/a	0	1413
2004	619	680	2	154	13	n/a	n/a	0	1468
2005	547	749	1	158	15	n/a	n/a	0	1470
2006	509	815	0	173	8	n/a	n/a	7	1512
2007	471	863	4	173	5	n/a	n/a	44	1560
2008	469	908	3	156	8	n/a	n/a	59	1603
2009	462	1015	5	154	12	n/a	n/a	85	1733
2010	407	960	5	157	10	n/a	n/a	112	1651
2011	394	1003	4	186	4	0	94	0	1685
2012	366	927	9	193	9	3	82	0	1589
2013	333	878	7	203	4	1	63	0	1489
2014	328	898	8	223	4	0	50	0	1511
2015	298	863	13	226	6	0	48	0	1454
2016	249	809	10	242	4	1	63	0	1378
2017	228	756	11	231	3	1	69	0	1299
2018	203	705	10	265	2	1	80	0	1266
2019	166	658	5	292	0	1	103	0	1225
2020	166	642	5	297	0	0	70	0	1180
2021	141	660	5	318	2	2	75	0	1203
2022	121	667	4	336	4	1	70	0	1203
2023	125	700	3	341	7	2	49	0	1227

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 Trail High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1943	101.5	19.1	n/a
1989	1814	98.6	18.3	n/a
1990	1682	91.2	18.4	n/a
1991	1662	96.0	17.3	n/a
1992	1656	97.0	17.0	n/a
1993	1649	97.0	17.0	n/a
1994	1656	91.5	18.1	n/a
1995	1520	61.0	24.9	n/a
1996	1520	61.0	24.9	n/a
1997	1446	65.0	22.2	n/a
1998	1371	71.1	19.3	n/a
1999	1269	70.3	18.1	n/a
2000	1319	90.0	14.7	n/a
2001	1317	90.0	14.6	n/a
2002	1413	97.0	14.6	10
2003	1413	97.0	14.6	10
2004	1468	95.0	15.5	43.2
2005	1470	86.0	17.1	53.3
2006	1512	79.0	19.1	54
2007	1560	70.0	22.3	58.6
2008	1603	66.0	24.3	65.9
2009	1733	82.0	21.1	70.1
2010	1651	83.0	19.8	80.4
2011	1685	83.0	20.3	73.2
2012	1589	80.0	19.8	77.6
2013	1489	114.5	12.9	n/a
2014	1511	70.2	21.5	80.6
2015	1454	70.0	20.7	82.7
2016	1378	82.0	16.8	64.9
2017	1299	80.0	16.2	73.8
2018	1266	73.8	17.1	77.4
2019	1225	74.3	16.4	78.2
2020	1180	75.8	15.5	80.6
2021	1203	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1203	69.8	17.2	74.6
2023	1227	70.0	17.5	80

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 Trail High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1943	101.5	19.1	n/a
1989	1814	98.6	18.3	n/a
1990	1682	91.2	18.4	n/a
1991	1662	96.0	17.3	n/a
1992	1656	97.0	17.0	n/a
1993	1649	97.0	17.0	n/a
1994	1656	91.5	18.1	n/a
1995	1520	61.0	24.9	n/a
1996	1520	61.0	24.9	n/a
1997	1446	65.0	22.2	n/a
1998	1371	71.1	19.3	n/a
1999	1269	70.3	18.1	n/a
2000	1319	90.0	14.7	n/a
2001	1317	90.0	14.6	n/a
2002	1413	97.0	14.6	10
2003	1413	97.0	14.6	10
2004	1468	95.0	15.5	43.2
2005	1470	86.0	17.1	53.3
2006	1512	79.0	19.1	54
2007	1560	70.0	22.3	58.6
2008	1603	66.0	24.3	65.9
2009	1733	82.0	21.1	70.1
2010	1651	83.0	19.8	80.4
2011	1685	83.0	20.3	73.2
2012	1589	80.0	19.8	77.6
2013	1489	114.5	12.9	n/a
2014	1511	70.2	21.5	80.6
2015	1454	70.0	20.7	82.7
2016	1378	82.0	16.8	64.9
2017	1299	80.0	16.2	73.8
2018	1266	73.8	17.1	77.4
2019	1225	74.3	16.4	78.2
2020	1180	75.8	15.5	80.6
2021	1203	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	1203	69.8	17.2	74.6
2023	1227	70.0	17.5	80

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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