Bloomfield High School (Bloomfield, New Jersey)

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Bloomfield High School is a four-year public high school that is located in Bloomfield, New Jersey.

1 Ethnicity
2 Student subgroups
3 Attendance and completion
4 Athletics
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Ethnicity

Bloomfield High School is known for its various minority groups. 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:

Ethnicity	Bloomfield High School	State Average
White	38%	57%
Hispanic	29%	18%
Black	22%	18%
Asian	11%	7%
Native American	<1%	<1%

[edit] Student subgroups

The town's low income is represented in Bloomfield High School, which has a high number of students participating in free or reduced-price lunch program. In recent years, the school district has been plagued by an increase in violent crime and gang activity. There is now a constant police presence at both the High School and the Middle School.

[edit] Attendance and completion

BHS's mobility rate is 31%, which is immensely greater than the state average of 10%, however despite the availability of transportation, the students' attendance is poor and falls short of other schools.

BHS also has a substandard graduation rate of 88%; some speculate that this maybe related to the students' poor attendance and low scores on the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), a standardized test students are required to pass in order to graduating from the school.

[edit] Athletics

The Girls' Softball team made it to the 2006 North I Group IV State Sectional Championship, falling to Ridgewood High School by 3-0^[1].

The Boys Volleyball team won the 2006 Essex County Championship for the first time in Bloomfield's History. The team advanced to the State Sectional quarterfinals.