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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253002278
Bonham Elementary School
2400 E JEFFERSON, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3070 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
458 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 52 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 34.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 (40.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonham Elementary School this school | 504 | 90.9% | 40.1% |
| Desert Wind Elementary School EL PASO | 521 | 89.8% | 40.9% |
| Cantu Elementary School ALTON | 521 | 91.2% | 43.6% |
| Bussey Elementary School HOUSTON | 489 | 90.2% | 37.5% |
| Travis Elementary School MERCEDES | 478 | 90.0% | 32.3% |
| Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary School DALE | 529 | 89.2% | 28.3% |
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 Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #2,576 of 4,401 | #67 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,492 of 4,466 ▲ 432 | #38 of 93 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,533 of 4,466 ▲ 596 | #38 of 93 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.5pp | #337 of 3,998 | #4 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #2,495 of 4,938 | #43 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #3,754 of 4,622 | #71 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #4,133 of 4,628 | #21 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #970 of 4,789 | #47 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #403 of 2,838 | #9 of 64 |
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
504
-101 (-17%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 504 | 30.1 | 16.7:1 | 91% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 35.1 | 15.0:1 | 90% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 88% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 86% (522) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 46.3 | 16.1:1 | 89% (659) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 83% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 87% (602) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 40 | 19.6:1 | 81% (634) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 41 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (743 to 504); teachers down 35% (46.3 to 30.1).
About Bonham Elementary School
Located in HARLINGEN, Texas, Bonham Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 504 students across pre-K through 5.
The district, HARLINGEN CISD, operates 31 schools serving 17,506 students.
Federal enrollment data show Bonham Elementary School is 95% Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. Bonham Elementary School's diversity index is 9%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.7:1, with 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 91%.
The allk12 Grade for Bonham Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bonham Elementary School is +5.2 points: 40.1% actual, 34.9% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Cameron County show that the median household income is $52,601, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bonham Elementary School, Cameron County has 186 other public schools.
The school nearest to Bonham Elementary School is Vernon Middle School, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.5%; Bonham Elementary School's is 40.1%, ranking 5th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 101 fewer students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.1:1).
Discussions about Bonham Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARLINGEN CISD
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other schools in HARLINGEN
- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other Bonham Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 1 state are named Bonham Elementary. Bonham Elementary School is the 5th 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 SchoolABILENE, TX · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Vernon Middle School0.7 mi · 631
- Austin Elementary School1.2 mi · 295
- Harlingen High School1.2 mi · 2,433
- Travis Elementary School1.2 mi · 294
- Memorial Middle School1.4 mi · 705
- Treasure Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Bonham Elementary SchoolHow large is Bonham Elementary School?
Bonham Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bonham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bonham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bonham Elementary School have?
Bonham Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Bonham Elementary School?
Bonham Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Bonham Elementary School in?
Bonham Elementary School is part of HARLINGEN CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.