Bloom Trail High School

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Bloom Trail High School
Address
Bloom Trail High School
22331 Cottage Grove Avenue

,
60411

United States
Coordinates 41°29′03″N87°35′41″W / 41.484237°N 87.594752°W / 41.484237; -87.594752
Information
School type Public Comprehensive Secondary
Opened1964
StatusOpen
ClosedNo
School district Bloom Twp. HS 206
SuperintendentLenell Navarre [1]
PrincipalGlynis Keene
Teaching staff74.30 (FTE) [2]
Grades 912
Gender Coed
Enrollment1,151 (2020–21)
   Grade 9 340 students
   Grade 10 337 students
   Grade 11 240 students
   Grade 12 234 students
Average class size23
Student to teacher ratio16.49 [2]
AreaSouth Suburbs
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  Vegas Gold
SloganGo Blazing Trojans!
Athletics conference Southland Athletic Conference
MascotTrail Blazer
Team nameBloom Township Blazing Trojans
Rival Crete-Monee
Thornton
Newspaper"The Bloom Trail Express"
Website http://www.bloomtrail.org/

Bloom Trail High School is a public high school in Steger, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago, in the United States. It is part of Bloom Township High School District 206. Originally the Bloom Township Freshman-Sophomore Division, in 1976 it became a four-year high school and was renamed Bloom Trail High School. Sports for both Bloom High School and Bloom Trail High School are combined since 1995. Football, volleyball, basketball, track, games/practices are held at Bloom Trail.

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Academics

The average ACT score at the school is an 18. The class of 2017 set a record for the number of students (33) who passed the PSAE, which allows the students to go to the local community college, Prairie State College, to take college courses.

Attendance Area

Bloom Trail High School serves the communities of Steger, Sauk Village, Crete, South Chicago Heights, Ford Heights, a small portion of Chicago Heights, and parts of Lynwood. The following schools feed into Bloom Trail High School: [3] Columbia Central Middle School (Steger), Rickover Jr. High School (Sauk Village), and Cottage Grove Middle School (Ford Heights).

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References

  1. "Administration". directory. Bloom Township High School District 206. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Bloom Trail High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  3. 2008-2009 Student Handbook Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine – Bloom Trail High School. Retrieved March 19, 2009.