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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABILENE ISD·NCES 480744000013
Bonham Elementary School
717 BUCCANEER DR, ABILENE, TX 79605 · (325) 690-3745 · Taylor County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
374 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bonham Elementary School
Bonham Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonham Elementary School this school | 481 | 77.8% | 34.1% |
| H G Temple Elementary School DIBOLL | 428 | 75.5% | N/A |
| J W Monday Elementary School KAUFMAN | 513 | 75.4% | 47.8% |
| Pittsburg Elementary School PITTSBURG | 480 | 73.3% | 57.4% |
| Bel Air Elementary School ATHENS | 465 | 81.9% | 46.1% |
| South Athens Elementary School ATHENS | 457 | 78.8% | 45.2% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bonham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Taylor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #3,253 of 4,401 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,177 of 4,466 ▲ 151 | #12 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,968 of 4,466 ▲ 11 | #11 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #2,711 of 4,938 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,613 of 4,622 | #6 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #1,218 of 4,628 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #2,107 of 4,789 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #1,979 of 2,838 | #12 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
481
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 481 | 34.1 | 14.1:1 | 78% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 36.1 | 13.3:1 | 83% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 79% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 77% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 81% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 69% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 68% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 44% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 43 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (538 to 481); teachers unchanged (34 to 34.1).
About Bonham Elementary School
Bonham Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ABILENE, Texas, (ZIP code 79605). Enrollment totals 481 students across pre-K through 5.
District-wide, ABILENE ISD has 26 schools and 14,536 students.
The student body at Bonham Elementary School is 51% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 33% White, 12% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Taylor County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Bonham Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.1:1 is based on 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Taylor County is 53%.
Test results at Bonham Elementary School are 6.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (34.1% actual, 40.5% predicted).
For the population of Taylor County, the median household earns about $67,139 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Bonham Elementary School shares Taylor County with 53 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Crockett Early Headstart is about 1.1 miles from Bonham Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bonham Elementary School is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
Federal data place Bonham Elementary School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bonham Elementary School had a net loss of 30 students, or 6%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Taylor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,863
Census ACS
Median income
$67,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
24,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABILENE ISD
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Craig Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
Other schools in ABILENE
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 1,537 students
- Wylie West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,038 students
- Texas Leadership of AbileneCombined · 834 students
- Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
Other Bonham Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named Bonham Elementary. Bonham Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Bonham Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 940 students
- Bonham Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 697 students
- Bonham Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 571 students
- Bonham Elementary SchoolBRYAN, TX · 543 students
- Bonham Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Crockett Early Headstart1.1 mi · 131
- Stafford Elementary School1.4 mi · 473
- Clack Middle School1.5 mi · 693
- Abilene High School1.6 mi · 1,798
- Austin Elementary School1.6 mi · 729
- Purcell Elementary School1.6 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Bonham Elementary SchoolHow large is Bonham Elementary School?
Bonham Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bonham Elementary School serve?
Bonham Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bonham Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Bonham Elementary School.
How diverse is Bonham Elementary School?
Bonham Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 51% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Bonham Elementary School in?
Bonham Elementary School is part of ABILENE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.