Bloom High School

Located at 101 W 10th St, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Bloom High School is a heavily attended four-year high school that caters to 1,823 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Bloom Twp HSD 206. Enrollment runs roughly 119% above the state mean of about 834.

Bloom High School is one of 2 schools operated by Bloom Twp HSD 206, a district that caters to 3,041 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Bloom High School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%; the rest breaks down as 40% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bloom High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.2%, the actual is 19.9%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Bloom High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chicago Heights Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bloom High School. On composite proficiency, Bloom High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bloom High School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,681 (now 1,823). Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 56% across the same window.

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