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A township of 83,966 people in Cook County, Illinois

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Map of Bloom: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk

Conserved land3.2%953 of 29,688 acres

Trails29 mi0.6 mi per sq mi

Parks & preserves5211 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

1Lansing Woods4.4 mi of trails · 1,068 acres Directions

2Jurgensen Woods2.8 mi of trails · 462 acres Directions

3Plum Creek Forest Preserve2.7 mi of trails · 1,035 acres Directions

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About Bloom

Township in Illinois, United States

86,018Population

46.7 sq miArea

630 ftElevation

Bloom Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 86,018 and it contained 33,964 housing units.

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School Grade D

The public schools Bloom’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictBloom Twp HSD 206Schools51

Willow School D-Elementary · Grades PK–2 · 603 students Winston Churchill School B-Elementary · Grades 3–5 · 572 students Nathan Hale Elem School DElementary · Grades PK–4 · 525 students Wagoner ElemElementary · Grades PK–2 · 466 students Sandridge Elem School BElementary · Grades PK–8 · 423 students Strassburg Elem DElementary · Grades 3–5 · 406 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.

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