Bloomfield High School (New Jersey)
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| Bloomfield High School | |
| Location | |
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| 160 Broad Street Bloomfield, NJ 07003 |
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| Information | |
| School district | Bloomfield Public Schools |
| Principal | Christopher Jennings |
| Enrollment |
1,889(as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 144.1 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 13.1[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Athletics conference | Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League |
| Nickname | Bengals |
| Information | 973-680-8600 |
| Homepage | School website |
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 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,889 students and 144.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.1.[1]
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[edit] Ethnicity
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] College admissions
Bloomfield High students continue to achieve admission to the country's most selective universities. The class of 2006 had eight students accepted to Cornell University, and other students accepted to Yale, Brown, Columbia, and countless more to Universities such as Rutgers, Penn State, Loyola in Maryland.
Bloomfield High School's graduating Class of 2007 was one of he most successful years yet. Numerous students have been accepted to the countries Top Ivy League Schools. Some of which include Brown, Harvard, Yale, Princeton (early admissions), Rutgers-Honors College in New Brunswick, New York University, Columbia, Cornell, and the United States Military Academy at West Point.
[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 Bloomfield High School Bengals compete in Division A 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4][5]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Roger Cook (1930-), graphic designer.[citation needed]
- Johnny Gibson (1905-2006), Olympic athlete.[6]
- Benjamin Holman (1930-2007), was a pioneering American newspaper and television reporter. [7]
- Bob Ley (1955-), ESPN sportscaster.[8]
- Charlie Puleo (1955-) a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1981 to 1989 for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves.[9]
- Robert Stempel (1933-), Former Chairman and CEO of General Motors, Former Chairman and CEO of ECD Ovonics.[10]
- [Mildred Fairbanks Stone] (1902-2002 ), of Bloomfield, became the first woman officer of a major American life insurance company (Mutual Benefit).[11] [3]] Accessed June 9, 2008.</ref>
- Kelly Tripucka (1959-), former NBA player and commentator for the New Jersey Nets.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Bloomfield High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 25, 2007.
- ^ 2006 Softball - North I, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed August 26, 2006.
- ^ 2006 Boys Volleyball - North, NJSIAA. Accessed August 14, 2007.
- ^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North I, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed June 1, 2007.
- ^ Behre, Bob. "Bloomfield clicked under Fusaro", The Star-Ledger, March 30, 2007. Accessed September 19, 2007. "And it was Fusaro who molded a team devoid of stars into the school's first sectional champion.... It was senior James Chauncey who came to Bloomfield's rescue in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final. Chauncey's pin in the meet-closing bout at 125 pounds against Hackensack clinched a 34-33 victory by criteria and secured the sectional championship for Bloomfield (20-3)."
- ^ Litsky, Frank. "Johnny Gibson, 101, Track Coach With a Long Legacy, Is Dead", The New York Times, January 1, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2008. "Gibson was 5 when his father died, and he attended Bloomfield (N.J.) High School and then Fordham at night, working days running messages on Wall Street (he actually ran from building to building)."
- ^ [1].
- ^ Sandomir, Richard. "TV SPORTS; Disney Making a Commitment to Complete Soccer Coverage", The New York Times, June 7, 1998. Accessed December 25, 2007. "The American games are important, said Ley, who became a soccer enthusiast when he attended Bloomfield High School in New Jersey during the North American Soccer League's heyday."
- ^ Charlie Puleo, BaseballReference.com. Accessed March 8, 2008.
- ^ Robert C Stempel Bio, Energy Conversion Devices Ovonics. Accessed March 8, 2008.
- ^ [2], Accessed June 9, 2008
- ^ "PLUS: BASKETBALL; Nets Pick Tripucka As Radio Analyst", The New York Times, September 11, 2001. Accessed January 26, 2008. "He was a two-time basketball all-American at Bloomfield High School."
