BONHAM EL

BONHAM EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in ABILENE, Texas, part of ABILENE ISD. The school enrolls 481 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ABILENE ISD comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,536 students; BONHAM EL is among them.

Demographically, BONHAM EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 33% White, 12% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at BONHAM EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Taylor County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BONHAM EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.2%.

Around the school, census data for Taylor County shows median household income runs about $67,139, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Taylor County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), BONHAM EL is one campus in the mix.

CROCKETT EARLY HEADSTART is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BONHAM EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BONHAM EL has shrank 11%, going from 538 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 42% to 51%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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