Bloomingdale Middle and High School

Set in BLOOMINGDALE, Michigan, Bloomingdale Middle and High School is an average-sized high school, one of the schools within Bloomingdale Public School District. It caters to 516 students across grades 6 through 12.

Within Bloomingdale Public School District, which oversees 3 schools and 953 students, Bloomingdale Middle and High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bloomingdale Middle and High School logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the resource side, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Bloomingdale Middle and High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Van Buren County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Van Buren County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Van Buren County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), of which Bloomingdale Middle and High School is one.

The closest other public school is Bloomingdale Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Bloomingdale Middle and High School.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Bloomingdale Middle and High School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 516). Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 40% across the same window.

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