Bloomfield High School (New Mexico)

Bloomfield High School
Bloomfield High School
Address
	520 N. First St; Bloomfield, New Mexico 87413; United States
Information
Type	Public High School
Established	1956
Teaching staff	46.39 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Number of students	794 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	17.12
Color(s)	; Blue, Gold
Athletics	NMAA ; District 1-AAA
Mascot	Bobcat
Website	[1][permanent dead link‍]

Bloomfield High School is a school located in Bloomfield, New Mexico. The high school's attendance area covers the town and communities south and east of Bloomfield along US 550 and US 64. The high school is currently undergoing renovations that will cover several years which will replace old classroom buildings with new ones. The school's colors are Blue and Gold and the mascot is the Bobcat.

In addition to the majority of Bloomfield, the district also serves the communities of Angustura, Blanco, Nageezi, Turley, West Hammond, most of Navajo Dam, and a portion of Lee Acres.^[2] It also includes Huerfano.^[3]

History

BHS originally opened in August 1956 as a junior-senior high school, with 7th to 10th grade students. The 10th grade students would eventually become the 1st senior class of 1960.^{[citation needed]} It was formed out of the junior high school. Previously, the high school students went to nearby Aztec High School in Aztec, New Mexico.^[4]

Athletics and activities

State Championships

Sport	Class	Year(s)
Baseball	3A	2010
Cross Country, Girls	3A	1991
Football	B	1966, 2023
Softball	3A	1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Track, Boys	3A	1988, 1989, 1993, 1994
Track, Girls	3A	1997
Wrestling	3A	1984, 2014

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c "BLOOMFIELD HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: San Juan County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
^ "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: HUERFANO CDP" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-12. - Compare to the school district map.
^ "Bloomfield Bond Issue Is Approved". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1956-05-24. p. 9. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

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[NCES-1] "BLOOMFIELD HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2024.

[2] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: San Juan County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-12.

[3] "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: HUERFANO CDP" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-12. - Compare to the school district map.

[Bondiss-4] "Bloomfield Bond Issue Is Approved". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1956-05-24. p. 9. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.

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v t e Education in San Juan County, New Mexico
School districts	Aztec Municipal Schools Bloomfield Municipal Schools Central Consolidated Schools Farmington Municipal Schools
Public high schools	Aztec HS Bloomfield HS Farmington HS Kirtland Central HS Newcomb HS Piedra Vista HS Shiprock HS
K-12 state schools	New Mexico School for the Deaf FMN preschool
Tribal	Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc.
Tertiary	San Juan College Diné College Shiprock Center

v t e 4A schools of New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) 2014–15
District 1	Bloomfield High School Kirtland Central High School Thoreau High School Shiprock High School Wingate High School Zuni High School
District 2	Robertson High School Pojoaque Valley High School West Las Vegas High School Taos High School
District 3	Silver High School Cobre High School Hatch Valley High School Hot Springs High School Socorro High School
District 4	Ruidoso High School Portales High School St. Michael's High School New Mexico Military Institute Hope Christian High School