IllinoisSchoolsBloom High School

Bloom High School

PublicRegular
Chicago Heights, Illinois · Bloom Twp HSD 206
Teachers97.0FTE
Ratio18.9:1students per teacher
Students1,832enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students1,832
Grade Span9–12
Student:Teacher18.9:1
Free/Reduced Lunch84%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
2.6%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
99
2.1%vs prior yr
Enrollment
1,823
0.5%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

15.1:115.9:116.7:117.6:118.4:119.2:12020202120222023202418.3:118.7:118.9:118.4:1Bloom High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1,6641,7001,7361,7721,8081,844939495979899202020212022202320241,6761,7241,7371,8321,82394939799EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,6761,7241,7371,8321,823
Teacher FTE94939799
Pupil : Teacher ratio18.3:118.7:118.9:118.4:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.