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What's the most underrated thing about Bloom Trail High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,218
High
DISTRICT 1,521 · STATE 834
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOM TWP HSD 206·NCES 170642000313
Bloom Trail High School
22331 Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 758-7000 · Cook County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,218 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Illinois public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
985 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 332 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 357 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 240 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 289 | 24% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bloom Trail High School
Bloom Trail High School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloom Trail High School this school | 1,218 | 80.9% | 16.3% |
| Thornton Fractnl No High School Calumet City | 1,425 | 77.4% | 21.4% |
| Peoria High School Peoria | 1,541 | 85.9% | 7.2% |
| Thornton Township High School Harvey | 1,697 | 88.3% | 15.3% |
| Noble St Chtr-Chicago Bulls Prep Chicago | 1,060 | 87.1% | 20.3% |
| Englewood STEM High School Chicago | 778 | 84.2% | 4.0% |
Matched among Illinois high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bloom Trail High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #470 of 573 | #83 of 170 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,218 | #187 of 708 | #75 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #431 of 528 | #130 of 173 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #140 of 537 | #48 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #114 of 578 | #99 of 171 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #282 of 358 | #79 of 101 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,218
+15 (+1%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,662
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,218 | 74.3 | 16.4:1 | 81% (985) |
| 2023-24 | 1,272 | 69.2 | 18.4:1 | 82% (1,045) |
| 2022-23 | 1,227 | 70 | 17.5:1 | 80% (982) |
| 2020-21 | 1,203 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,266 | 73.8 | 17.1:1 | 77% (980) |
| 2015-16 | 1,378 | 81 | 17.0:1 | 65% (894) |
| 2010-11 | 1,685 | 83 | 20.3:1 | 73% (1,233) |
| 2000-01 | 1,317 | 90 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,662 | 96 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bloom Trail High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,266 to 1,218); teachers up 1% (73.8 to 74.3).
About Bloom Trail High School
Bloom Trail High School is a mid-sized high school with an address in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It reported 1,218 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Illinois have about 834 students on average; enrollment here is 46% higher.
A total of 2 schools make up Bloom Twp HSD 206, with 3,041 students enrolled.
The student body at Bloom Trail High School is 60% Black. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 10% White, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Cook County, the Black share is about 22%. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Bloom Trail High School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Bloom Trail High School totals 74.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The average for high schools in Illinois, 13.8:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Bloom Trail High School is about 81%. Among public schools in Cook County, the average eligibility rate is 66%.
Among Illinois public high schools, Bloom Trail High School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bloom Trail High School is 24.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.3%.
For the population of Cook County, the median household earns about $83,498 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Bloom Trail High School shares Cook County with 1,405 other public schools.
Bloom Trail High School's nearest public school is Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center (about 1.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Bloom Trail High School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,218, close to the 1,203 recorded in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Bloom Trail High School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloom Twp HSD 206
- Bloom High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Dist 206 Alternative High SchoolHigh
Other schools in Chicago Heights
- Bloom High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Barack Obama School of LdershipMiddle · 367 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Serena Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Cottage Grove Upper Grade Center1.5 mi · 156
- Strassburg Elementary School1.5 mi · 406
- Wagoner Elementary School1.5 mi · 466
- Rickover Jr High School2.0 mi · 371
- Steger Intermediate Center2.0 mi · 465
- Garfield Elementary School2.0 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Bloom Trail High SchoolHow large is Bloom Trail High School?
Bloom Trail High School enrolls approximately 1,218 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bloom Trail High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bloom Trail High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bloom Trail High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bloom Trail High School is approximately 16.4:1 (74 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bloom Trail High School?
Bloom Trail High School reports a student body of 10% White, 27% Hispanic, 60% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bloom Trail High School public or private?
Bloom Trail High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bloom Twp HSD 206.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.