Bloom Trail High School | |
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Address | |
22331 Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411 United States |
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Coordinates | 41°30′51″N 87°38′38″W / 41.5142°N 87.6440°WCoordinates: 41°30′51″N 87°38′38″W / 41.5142°N 87.6440°W |
Information | |
School type | public comprehensive secondary |
Opened | 1964 |
Status | Open |
Closed | No |
School district | Bloom Twp. HS 206 |
Superintendent | Dr. Lenell Navarre |
Principal | Dr. Deb Grahm |
Grades | 9–12 |
Gender | coeducational |
Enrollment | 1,589 (2014-2015 school year) |
Average class size | 23 |
Area | South Suburbs |
Campus type | suburban |
Color(s) |
Navy Blue Gold |
Slogan | Go Blazing Trojans! |
Athletics conference | South Suburban Conference |
Mascot | Trail Blazers |
Team name | Bloom Township Blazing Trojans |
Rival | Crete-Monee |
Average ACT scores | 18 |
Newspaper | "The Bloom Trail Express" |
Website | http://www.bloomtrail.org/ |
Bloom Trail High School is a public high school in Chicago Heights, Illinois, 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. Football, volleyball, basketball, track, games/practices are held at Bloom Trail.
Bloom Trail High School has a great variety of classes, including AP and honors classes. The average ACT score is an 18. The class of 2017 set a record for the amount 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.
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: Columbia Central Middle School (Steger), Rickover Jr. High School (Sauk Village), Crete-Monee Sixth Grade Center Middle School (Crete) and Cottage Grove Middle School (Ford Heights).