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Enrollment
835
Middle
DISTRICT 1,117 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ECTOR COUNTY ISD·NCES 481800001569
Bonham Middle School
2201 E 21ST ST, ODESSA, TX 79761 · (432) 456-0429 · Ector County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
700 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 252 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 298 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 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 | 14.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% | 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 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 Middle School
Bonham Middle School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonham Middle School this school | 835 | 83.8% | 29.3% |
| Bowie Middle School ODESSA | 874 | 84.3% | 30.7% |
| Goodnight Middle School SAN MARCOS | 884 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
| Ross Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 828 | 84.4% | 31.5% |
| Elgin Intermediate School ELGIN | 863 | 82.7% | 16.7% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School IRVING | 832 | 81.6% | 40.6% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ector County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #1,409 of 1,635 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,246 of 1,670 ▼ 111 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,531 of 1,670 ▼ 148 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #668 of 1,570 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #500 of 1,749 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,238 of 1,542 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #1,214 of 1,543 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #418 of 1,648 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #724 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
835
-201 (-19%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,129
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 835 | 50.3 | 16.6:1 | 84% (700) |
| 2023-24 | 870 | 59.9 | 14.5:1 | 81% (706) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 65.7 | 13.2:1 | 65% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 1,036 | 71 | 14.6:1 | 55% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 54.3 | 16.6:1 | 52% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 1,054 | 66 | 16.0:1 | 45% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 1,019 | 60 | 17.0:1 | 44% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 925 | 64 | 14.4:1 | 42% (387) |
| 1990-91 | 1,129 | 60 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (899 to 835); teachers down 7% (54.3 to 50.3).
About Bonham Middle School
As a mid-sized middle-grades school, Bonham Middle School serves students in ODESSA, Texas. It had 835 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 30% higher.
The 45 schools of ECTOR COUNTY ISD, including Bonham Middle School, enroll 34,336 students.
At Bonham Middle School, 83% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 10% White and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Ector County is roughly 64% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bonham Middle School scores 30%.
The school lists 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 84% of the student body. On average, public schools in Ector County report 71%.
Bonham Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 29.3% is 8.6 points below the 37.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ector County show that median household income comes to about $71,536, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 56, with about 38,123 students.
Bonham Middle School is about 0.3 miles from El Magnet at Reagan Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Bonham Middle School is behind the 42.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
NCES assigns Bonham Middle School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Bonham Middle School enrolled 1,036 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 835. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.6:1 to 16.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Bonham Middle School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ector County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,654
Census ACS
Median income
$71,536
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
38,123 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD
- Permian High SchoolHigh · 4,138 students
- Odessa High SchoolHigh · 3,814 students
- Nimitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,310 students
- Ector College Prep Success AcademyMiddle · 1,272 students
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,227 students
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
Other schools in ODESSA
- Permian High SchoolHigh · 4,138 students
- Odessa High SchoolHigh · 3,814 students
- Compass Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,558 students
- Nimitz Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,310 students
- Ector College Prep Success AcademyMiddle · 1,272 students
- Wilson & Young Medal of Honor Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,227 students
Other Bonham Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Bonham Middle. Bonham Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Bonham Middle SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 892 students
- Bonham Middle SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 627 students
Nearby schools
- El Magnet at Reagan Elementary School0.3 mi · 685
- Harmony Science Academy - Odessa0.5 mi · 541
- Dowling Elementary School0.5 mi · 712
- Burnet Elementary School0.9 mi · 325
- Gonzales Elementary School1.0 mi · 424
- Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School1.1 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Bonham Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bonham Middle School?
Bonham Middle School enrolls approximately 835 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bonham Middle School serve?
Bonham Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bonham Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bonham Middle School is approximately 16.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bonham Middle School?
At Bonham Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bonham Middle School?
Bonham Middle School is overseen by ECTOR COUNTY ISD in Ector County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.