Bloomington High

Located at 10750 Laurel Ave., in Bloomington, California, Bloomington High is a large four-year high school that instructs 1,794 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Colton Joint Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Bloomington High sits 114% bigger than that benchmark.

Bloomington High is one of 27 schools operated by Colton Joint Unified, a district that teaches 18,397 students overall.

On demographics, Bloomington High logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Bloomington High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bloomington High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Bloomington High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Ruth O. Harris Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bloomington High. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bloomington High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.5%.

Bloomington High operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bloomington High has shrank 23%, going from 2,322 students in 2018 to 1,794 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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