How safe is the school, really?
Based on the school’s student handbook, Bloomfield High School has visitors report to the front foyer for a pass, and holds one fire drill and one safety drill each month under state law. Niche reports that 72% of the 46 students who answered its survey feel safe at school. The one incident we found is a brief lockdown in September 2024, when staff alerted police to people near the building, one juvenile was taken into custody and the superintendent said there was no current threat. We found no recent incident or discipline figures.
| Source | What it shows | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Student handbook | Visitors are to “report to the front foyer to obtain a visitor’s pass”; one fire and one safety drill each month | Current handbook |
| Niche | 72% of 46 student respondents feel safe at school | Undated survey |
| Patch | Brief lockdown after staff alerted police to people near the building; one juvenile taken into custody; no current threat | September 11–12, 2024 |
The handbook lists measures, and the survey is 46 students’ opinions: neither is an outcome. The part of the state’s 2023–24 school report that would hold incident and discipline counts was cut off in what we could read, so we cannot say how the school compares with others.
How do students perform on state assessments in reading and math?
Based on the state’s 2023–24 school report, 64.6% of Bloomfield High School ninth graders met or exceeded expectations in English language arts (state 52.2%), while 22.2% did in math (state 40.2%). In the math end-of-course tests, 14% met expectations in Algebra I (state 40%) and 66% in Geometry (state 53%); in grade 11 science, 18% were proficient (state 28%).
| Source | Figure | Year and comparison |
|---|---|---|
| State report | 64.6% English language arts (grade 9); 22.2% math | 2023–24; state 52.2% and 40.2% |
| State report | Algebra I 14% (394 scores); Geometry 66% (71 scores) | 2023–24; state 40% and 53% |
| State report | Grade 11 science 18% proficient | 2023–24; state 28% |
| Niche | 56% reading; 34% math | 2024–25; no comparison given |
| SchoolDigger | 80% English language arts; 50% math; Algebra I 27%; Geometry 77%; science 25% | 2024–25; no comparison given |
The two review sites’ 2024–25 figures differ widely from each other (math 34% against 50%), so we show them without reading a trend from them. The state report also gives the share of the class of 2024 who met the math graduation requirement by the statewide assessment, 44.6%, against 41.2% through the Substitute Competency Test and 12.8% through portfolio appeal.
What's the graduation rate, and how college-ready are graduates?
Based on the state’s 2023–24 school report, 93.6% of the class of 2024 graduated within four years (state 91.3%), and 96.8% of the class of 2023 within five (state 92.6%). College-readiness measures sit below the state figures: 20.2% of juniors and seniors took an AP or IB course against 35.9% statewide, and SAT averages are 486 in reading and writing and 470 in math against 530 and 519. Of 422 AP exams taken, 280 scored 3 or higher.
| Measure | Bloomfield | State |
|---|---|---|
| 4-year graduation, class of 2024 | 93.6% | 91.3% |
| 5-year graduation, class of 2023 | 96.8% | 92.6% |
| Took an AP or IB course (grades 11–12) | 20.2% | 35.9% |
| Took a dual-enrollment course (grades 11–12) | 17.7% | 26.9% |
| SAT average, reading and writing | 486 | 530 |
| SAT average, math | 470 | 519 |
The state’s 2023–24 report says postsecondary enrollment for that year was not yet available, so we have no figure for how many graduates go on to college. SAT participation is reported at 88.9% (state 62.7%).
What's the real class size and student-teacher ratio?
Based on federal and third-party figures, Bloomfield High School has about 13 students for each teacher: 12.96 in the National Center for Education Statistics’ 2024–25 data, which count 2,055 students and 158.56 full-time-equivalent teachers, 12.9 on SchoolDigger, and 13 on Niche and Public School Review. We found no class-size figure from the school, so we cannot say how large an average class is.
| Source | Figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| National Center for Education Statistics | 12.96 | 2,055 students; 158.56 full-time-equivalent teachers; 2024–25 |
| SchoolDigger | 12.9 | 159 teachers; 2025 |
| Niche | 13:1 | National figure 16:1 |
| Public School Review | 13:1 | New Jersey 11:1; 2025 |
A ratio divides all students by all teachers, including any who do not teach a class, so it says less than the size of a class does. We found no class-size figure for any particular course.
How strong is this school in AI, data science and computer science compared with other schools?
Based on our review, on the scale we use for every school, computer science grades at Level 3 of 5 (3.0/5, Developing) and AI & data science at Level 2 (2.0/5, Weak). We have no ranking against other schools; the grades rest on a Computer Programming course with 232 enrollments across grades 9–12 in 2023–24, AP Computer Science A with 15 students, and AP Statistics with 32.
Two limits hold the grades where they are. Computer science stops at Level 3 because the state’s report shows no enrollment in any other computing course, such as Principles of Computer Science, Computing Systems or Networking, and we found no computing club or competition; the report counts 85 students in an approved Information Technology programme with industry-valued credentials but does not name its courses. AI & data science sits at Level 2 because we found no AI, machine-learning or data-science course, only AP Statistics.
How strong is it in robotics, engineering and hands-on problem solving?
Based on FIRST’s event records, robotics grades at Developing (3.0/5) in our review, on the strength of FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5732, the Robotigers, which FIRST lists under the school with a rookie year of 2015 and which played two district events in each season from 2023 to 2026. We found no robotics or engineering course in the state’s course counts or in any source we could read.
| Season | District events (rank of teams) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mount Olive 18th of 37; Seneca 25th of 31 | No award; 35 district points |
| 2024 | Mount Olive 20th of 34; Warren Hills 28th of 32 | No award; 35 district points |
| 2025 | Robbinsville 27th of 28; Montgomery 27th of 32 | No award; 14 district points |
| 2026 | Seneca 19th of 32; Mount Olive 21st of 33 | District Event Winner entry at Seneca; 59 district points, 69th of 164 |
The Jersey Bee’s April 2023 bulletin, which we read only as a headline and summary, reports that the robotics programme became an official school team, so members can earn varsity letters. The team did not reach the District Championship in 2026. GreatSchools describes the school as offering Project Lead The Way curriculum; we found nothing in the state’s report or the other sources we could read to confirm it.
Do students get access to advanced coursework, specialist electives and serious competitions?
Based on the state’s 2023–24 school report, advanced coursework is there but reaches few students: thirteen AP courses had enrolled students, including Calculus AB and BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics 1 and 2 and Computer Science A, while 20.2% of juniors and seniors took an AP or IB course against 35.9% statewide. The one serious external competition we found is FIRST Robotics, where the school’s team has played district events every season since 2023.
| Field | Advanced work found | Competition or research |
|---|---|---|
| Computer science & data | AP Computer Science A (15 students); AP Statistics (32) | None found |
| Mathematics | AP Calculus AB (22) and BC (11); Pre-Calculus (189 students) | A Math Team on the school’s activities page; no results found |
| Science | AP Biology (18), Chemistry (15), Physics 1 (19) and Physics 2 (8) | Chemistry, Biology and Physics Teams on the school’s activities page; no results found |
| Engineering & robotics | No course found | FIRST district events, 2023 to 2026 |
Students took 422 AP exams in 2023–24 and 280 scored 3 or higher; 17.7% of juniors and seniors took a dual-enrollment course (state 26.9%). We found no Science Olympiad, cybersecurity or research-competition result for the school.
Which future-critical STEM fields is this school genuinely strong in—and which ones are major gaps?
Based on our review, computer science and robotics are the strongest fields at Developing (3.0/5 each). AI & data science and biotechnology follow at 2.0/5, and clean energy and Earth systems at 1.0/5. Cybersecurity, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and battery storage are the major gaps, with nothing found (0.0/5).
| Field | Score | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science & Computational Thinking | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| Robotics & Autonomous Systems | 3.0/5 | Developing |
| AI & Data Science | 2.0/5 | Weak |
| Biotechnology & Synthetic Biology | 2.0/5 | Weak |
| Clean Energy & Climate Technology | 1.0/5 | Weak |
| Earth Systems & Geospatial | 1.0/5 | Weak |
| Cybersecurity & Digital Safety | 0.0/5 | Weak |
| Aerospace & Space Technology | 0.0/5 | Weak |
| Advanced Manufacturing | 0.0/5 | Weak |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | 0.0/5 | Weak |
Will your child be ready for jobs that don’t exist yet?
Here’s what the evidence actually shows for Bloomfield High School — not what the brochure claims.
41/100 — Weak overall. Computer science and robotics are the school’s strongest fields: a Computer Programming course taken by 232 students across all four grades, AP Computer Science A, and FIRST Robotics Competition Team 5732, an official school team since 2023 that has played district events every season from 2023 to 2026.
But: cybersecurity, aerospace and advanced manufacturing are absent.
Best positioned forNone
Underdeveloped inCybersecurity, Aerospace, Advanced Manufacturing
Future-critical exposure2/15 domains
Very strong
- None
Strong
- None
Limited
- Robotics
- Computer Science
Little / no pathway
- AI & Data
- Cybersecurity
- Clean Energy
- Earth & Geospatial
- Aerospace
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Batteries
- Biotechnology
Less ideal for
Where the marketing exceeds the evidence
No course in cybersecurity, aerospace or advanced manufacturing identified.
Curriculum
- AP Statistics: 32 students enrolled and 31 tested in 2023–24, among 87 students in statistics courses that year (state report)
What’s missing
- No course in AI, machine learning or data science in the state’s course counts or in any source we could read
- No club or competition record found
- The district course catalog could not be read
Evidence seen
- The state lists Information Technology as one of four career-and-technical clusters, with 85 students in approved programmes in 2023–24; the programmes are not named in the text we could read
What’s missing
- No cybersecurity course, club or competition record (such as CyberPatriot) found
- Nothing in the handbook’s activities page or the state’s course counts
Evidence seen
- FIRST lists Team 5732, the Robotigers, under Bloomfield High School with a rookie year of 2015
- Four seasons in the window, each at two district events (2023: Mount Olive and Seneca; 2024: Mount Olive and Warren Hills; 2025: Robbinsville and Montgomery; 2026: Seneca and Mount Olive), with district ranks between 18 and 28
- A District Event Winner entry at Seneca in March 2026; 59 district points in 2026, 69th of 164 teams
- A Jersey Bee bulletin of April 2023, read only as a headline and summary, reports that the robotics programme became an official school team, so members can earn varsity letters
What’s missing
- No robotics course in the state’s course counts or in any source we could read
- No award at the 2023, 2024 or 2025 events, and no District Championship place
- The handbook’s activities page does not name the team
Curriculum
- Environmental Science: 222 students in 2023–24; the graduation requirement lists environmental science among the science options (state report; handbook)
What’s missing
- No energy or clean-technology course, club, laboratory or competition record found
Curriculum
- AP Biology: 18 students enrolled and tested in 2023–24; Biology taken by 524 students (state report)
Evidence seen
- The handbook’s activities page names Chemistry, Biology and Physics Teams for students interested in the sciences
What’s missing
- No biotechnology course or laboratory-technique provision found
- No research programme, and no result for the Biology Team, found
Creativity cannot be graded the way a course can. It can only be evidenced through what students made.
| Criterion | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + technology | ||||
| Design | ||||
| Architecture | ||||
| Engineering design | ||||
| Media / digital production | ||||
| Maker learning | ||||
| Interdisciplinary projects |
The one strand found runs for three years or more. 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 are the densest, at 2 of 7 criteria.
The record — 1 artefact
Each season the Robotigers, the school’s FIRST Robotics Competition team, compete at two district events: Mount Olive and Seneca in 2023, Mount Olive and Warren Hills in 2024, Robbinsville and Montgomery in 2025, and Seneca and Mount Olive in 2026, where FIRST lists a District Event Winner entry at Seneca.
FIRST Robotics Competition event records, Team 5732, 2023–2026 (frc-events.firstinspires.org) · The Jersey Bee, April 7, 2023, on the team’s official school status
Nothing found for
No student work was found evidencing these. For a school this well documented, an unrecorded programme is unlikely to be a large one.
What a family should ask about directly
- Cybersecurity, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and battery storage have no record at all, and AI, clean energy and biotechnology each rest on a single course or team. Ask the Science, STEM & Industrial Arts supervisor which technical courses run this year; the course catalog is where we could not look.
- Mathematics is the backbone of every field here. The state’s 2023–24 tests show 22.2% of students meeting expectations in math against 40.2% statewide, and 14% in Algebra I against 40%. Calculus reached 46 seniors. Ask how the school supports students who arrive behind in math and how it moves strong ones ahead.
- Robotics is the one field with an external record, and it is one team. It has won no award at its events apart from a District Event Winner entry in 2026. Ask about its mentors, its funding and whether any younger team feeds it.
- Advanced courses reach few students: 20.2% of juniors and seniors took an AP or IB course in 2023–24 against 35.9% statewide, and the AP science, mathematics and computing courses we could count had between 8 and 32 students each. Ask which of them are running this year.
- The school’s website and course catalog are closed to automated readers, and the teacher, class-size and discipline sections of the state’s report were cut off in what we could read. Grades therefore rest on the state’s course counts, FIRST’s records and the student handbook, which is why confidence on several fields is not higher.
| Domain | Evidence class | Key sources |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Data | Officially recorded | New Jersey School Performance Report 2023–24 (AP Statistics and statistics enrollments); no AI course, club or competition record found |
| Computer Science | Officially recorded | New Jersey School Performance Report 2023–24 (Computer Programming, 232 enrollments; AP Computer Science A, 15 students; Information Technology career cluster); no computing competition found; the report counts 85 students in an approved Information Technology programme with industry-valued credentials but does not name its courses |
| Robotics | Officially recorded · Corroborated | FIRST event records for Team 5732 (2023–2026); Jersey Bee bulletin of April 2023 on official team status; no course found |
| Biotechnology | Officially recorded · School-reported | New Jersey School Performance Report 2023–24 (AP Biology, Biology); student handbook (Biology Team); no biotechnology course or research record found |
| Clean Energy | Officially recorded | New Jersey School Performance Report 2023–24 (Environmental Science enrollments); student handbook (science graduation requirement); no energy record found |
| Aerospace | Unsubstantiated | No coursework, club or competition record found in any source we could read |
| Earth & Geospatial | Officially recorded | New Jersey School Performance Report 2023–24 (Earth & Space, 23 students; Environmental, 222 students); no geospatial record found |
| Advanced Manufacturing | Unsubstantiated | No coursework, club or competition record found; the state lists an Architecture & Construction cluster without naming programmes |
| Cybersecurity | Unsubstantiated | No course, club or competition record found; the state lists an Information Technology cluster without naming programmes |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | Unsubstantiated | No coursework, club or competition record found |
Academics
Our mission is to empower students to be lifelong learners and decision makers.
Here is what we ask of every student toward graduation, how our grades are weighted, and the academic teams students can join, with the supervisors who lead our departments.
Bloomfield High School
We tailor an individual program for each student to meet his or her future goals. Students select their programs with the assistance of their school counselors and their parents/guardians. A student earns 120 credits to graduate.
- Mathematics, 15 credits, including algebra I content, geometry content, and a third year of math
- Science, 15 credits, including laboratory biology; chemistry, environmental science or physics
- 21st Century Life and Careers (Practical Arts), 5 credits
- Honors courses weighted 12.5% more than College Prep, and AP courses weighted 25% more
- Academic teams: Chemistry, Biology and Physics Teams, Math Team, ESPORTS League, Academic Bowl, Mock Trial, Academic Team and Academic Decathlon
Department leadership
Suzanne Johnson
Michelle Lampert
Kerith Lewis
Lauren Mele
Scott Orlovsky
Kelly Reer
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Our Story
“Learn to Live.”
Our traditional seal, designed by Andrew Tymon of the Class of June, 1931, remains the official emblem of the high school. It depicts four pillars which represent the four moral ideals upon which our educational system is built: truth, loyalty, courage, and self-reliance. In June of 1998 we developed a new logo, designed by Ron Weng of the Class of 1998, which depicts the familiar Bengal mascot ferociously seeking knowledge and information.
Heritage
The unique cultural heritage of each student should be respected and integrated into the learning process.
Environment
A school should offer a safe, clean, healthy and stable environment for students and staff.
Potential
Children, our most valuable resources, must develop to their optimum potential given their unique individual talents and needs.
Curriculum
A broad based curriculum should be provided which is comprehensive in academic and technical areas.
Leadership
Christopher Jennings
Lou Cappello
Elizabeth Petrangeli
Michael Schilare
Desirée Testa
Tahira Matthews
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