Bonaire Elementary School

Bonaire Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Bonaire, Georgia, part of Houston County. Current enrollment sits at 547 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Houston County comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 30,939 students; Bonaire Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bonaire Elementary School lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 21% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. Compared to Houston County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bonaire Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Houston County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bonaire Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 66.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Houston County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,698, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Houston County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,939 students), Bonaire Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bonaire Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bonaire Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bonaire Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 34%: 834 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 58% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.