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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN ISD·NCES 481179000680
Bonham Elementary School
3100 WILKES DR, BRYAN, TX 77803 · (979) 209-1200 · Brazos County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
449 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 68 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (104).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonham Elementary School this school | 543 | 82.7% | 40.6% |
| Henderson Elementary School BRYAN | 533 | 83.5% | 43.7% |
| Jake Silbernagel Elementary School DICKINSON | 509 | 80.6% | 46.3% |
| Blake Manor Elementary School MANOR | 573 | 83.6% | 19.8% |
| IDEA Bluff Springs Academy AUSTIN | 521 | 84.1% | 34.4% |
| Harvest Ridge Elementary School ELGIN | 596 | 83.2% | 24.5% |
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 Brazos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,518 of 4,401 | #21 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,481 of 4,466 ▼ 384 | #18 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,218 of 4,466 ▼ 228 | #26 of 28 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,915 of 3,998 | #13 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #2,104 of 4,938 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,039 of 4,622 | #17 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #3,128 of 4,628 | #24 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #1,753 of 4,789 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,574 of 2,838 | #8 of 14 |
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
543
+36 (+7%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 543 | 37.3 | 14.6:1 | 83% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 37.9 | 14.6:1 | 82% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 37.5 | 14.0:1 | 82% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 84% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 44.8 | 14.3:1 | 83% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 834 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 72% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 48 | 17.4:1 | 70% (583) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 54% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 37 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (641 to 543); teachers down 17% (44.8 to 37.3).
About Bonham Elementary School
Bonham Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BRYAN, Texas. Enrollment totals 543 students across pre-K through 4.
Bonham Elementary School is a school in BRYAN ISD. The district has 26 schools and 16,044 students.
Federal enrollment data show Bonham Elementary School is 77% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 11% White, 9% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 50 points above the 27% share among Brazos County residents. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Bonham Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bonham Elementary School is 14.6:1, based on 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Brazos County average 60%.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.4%. Bonham Elementary School scores 40.6%.
For the population of Brazos County, the median household earns about $58,553 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Bonham Elementary School shares Brazos County with 52 other public schools.
Bonham Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from O W Sadberry Sr Intermediate School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Bonham Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 507 to 543, a 7% rise. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.3:1 to 14.6:1.
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Brazos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
242,311
Census ACS
Median income
$58,553
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
32,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRYAN ISD
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Stephen F AustinMiddle · 1,177 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in BRYAN
- Travis B Bryan High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- James Earl Rudder High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Stephen F AustinMiddle · 1,177 students
- Arthur L Davila Middle SchoolMiddle · 983 students
- Jane LongMiddle · 895 students
- Sam RayburnMiddle · 728 students
Other Bonham Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named Bonham Elementary. Bonham Elementary School is the 4th 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 SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 504 students
- Bonham Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 481 students
Nearby schools
- O W Sadberry Sr Intermediate School0.1 mi · 700
- Navarro Elementary School1.3 mi · 451
- Kemp-Carver Elementary School1.6 mi · 563
- Neal Elementary School1.8 mi · 323
- Arthur L Davila Middle School2.1 mi · 983
- James Earl Rudder High School2.4 mi · 1,697
Frequently asked questions
About Bonham Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bonham Elementary School?
Bonham Elementary School enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-04.
Is Bonham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bonham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Bonham Elementary School have?
Bonham Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bonham Elementary School?
At Bonham Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 77% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bonham Elementary School in?
Bonham Elementary School is part of BRYAN ISD.
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