| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Essex County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1889 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
51% /
49% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
144 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 509 students | | Grade 10 - 479 students | | Grade 11 - 423 students | | Grade 12 - 478 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:13 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
10% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
29% |
15% |
| % Black |
24% |
17% |
| % White |
37% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
20% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
10% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Bloomfield Township School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
11 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
6,010 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$75,157,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$97,527,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$12,505 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$16,227 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
81% |
81% |
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- Bloomfield High School (BHS) is a four-year public high school that is located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Bloomfield Public Schools.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,624 students and 147 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.0.
- The school was the 181st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 225th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- Ethnicity
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According to a 2004 to 2005 count done by the New Jersey Department of Education, Bloomfield High School's student ethnicity breakdown are as follows:
- College admissions
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88% of Bloomfield High students attend college.
- Athletics
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The Bloomfield High School Bengals compete in Division B of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which is made up of school located in Bergen County and Passaic County. The NNJIL is separated into three divisions, according to the classification they are given from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
- BHS's girls' softball team made it to the 2006 North I Group IV State Sectional Championship, falling to Ridgewood High School by 3-0.
- The BHS boys volleyball team won the 2006 Essex County Championship for the first time in Bloomfield's History, after defeating Livingston High School. The team advanced to the State Sectional quarterfinals over Livingston High School once again, and fell to Fair Lawn High School.
- The wrestling team won the 2007 North I, Group IV State Sectional championship, the first in team history, with a 34-33 win over Hackensack High School.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Christopher Jennings, Principal
- Thomas Acton, Assistant Principal
- Christopher Navarro, Assistant Principal - Bridges Academy at Forest Glen School
- Jeanne Bohlen Oppel, Assistant Principal
- Michael Schilare, Assistant Principal
- Cyndie Schirm, Assistant Principal
- Notable alumni
- Alaa Abdelnaby (born 1968), professional basketball player.
- Hank Borowy (1916-2004), professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1942 to 1951.
- Roger Cook (born 1930), graphic designer.
- Johnny Gibson (1905-2006), Olympic athlete.
- Benjamin Holman (1930-2007), was a pioneering African American newspaper and television reporter.
- Anthony Lambo (born 1978), Former College football player (Virginia Tech) Former Bloomfield High School Physical Education and Health Teacher, Vest Phy. Ed. and Health teacher. Head Spring Track Coach; 2006-07, team set or broke multiple School Records under Coach Lambos short tenure. Coach Lambo was also an assistant football, and basketball coach.
- Bob Ley (born 1955), ESPN sportscaster.
- Charlie Puleo (born 1955) a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1981 to 1989 for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves.
- Robert Stempel (born 1933), Former Chairman and CEO of General Motors, Former Chairman and CEO of ECD Ovonics.
- Mildred Fairbanks Stone (1902-2002), of Bloomfield, became the first woman officer of a major American life insurance company (Mutual Benefit).
- Frank Tripucka (born 1927), pro football quarterback.
- Kelly Tripucka (born 1959), former NBA player and commentator for the New Jersey Nets.
- External links
- Bloomfield High School
- Bloomfield Public Schools
- Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- GreaterSchools Statistics
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (07003) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
47,630 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
36% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
37 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.5 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$53,225
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.1 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
63 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
53% / 47% |
62% / 38% |
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