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If you had an hour of school board time for BONHAM MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
627
Middle
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMPLE ISD·NCES 484233004816
Bonham Middle School
4600 MIDWAY DR, TEMPLE, TX 76502 · (254) 215-6600 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
421 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 229 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 186 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 (43.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonham Middle School this school | 627 | 67.1% | 43.3% |
| Clack Middle School ABILENE | 693 | 68.1% | 32.1% |
| Bailey Junior High School ARLINGTON | 754 | 67.9% | 41.9% |
| Sam Rayburn BRYAN | 728 | 67.6% | 41.7% |
| Craig Middle School ABILENE | 771 | 69.0% | 38.8% |
| Irons Middle School LUBBOCK | 636 | 69.0% | 28.1% |
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 Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #773 of 1,635 | #9 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #508 of 1,670 ▲ 228 | #3 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #970 of 1,670 ▼ 7 | #12 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #568 of 1,570 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #884 of 1,749 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #129 of 1,542 | #1 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #265 of 1,543 | #9 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #785 of 1,648 | #8 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #251 of 437 | #6 of 8 |
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
627
-40 (-6%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 627 | 53.5 | 11.7:1 | 67% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 55.4 | 11.5:1 | 72% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 54.3 | 11.5:1 | 66% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 667 | 55 | 12.1:1 | 69% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 46.3 | 12.4:1 | 70% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 71% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 62% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 34% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 34 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bonham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (576 to 627); teachers up 15% (46.3 to 53.5).
About Bonham Middle School
Bonham Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in TEMPLE, Texas, administered by TEMPLE ISD. It had 627 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
TEMPLE ISD, which runs Bonham Middle School, has 17 schools and 9,073 students.
Hispanic students account for 48% of enrollment at Bonham Middle School, more than any other group. The remaining shares are 24% White, 19% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Bell County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Of all students at Bonham Middle School, 67% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Bell County is 57%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bonham Middle School would score about 45.0%. It scores 43.3%, 1.7 points below that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bell County show that the median household earns about $68,865 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Bell County has 130 public schools with about 71,041 students, including Bonham Middle School.
Cater Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Bonham Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Bonham Middle School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.3% against a local average of 40.9%.
Bonham Middle School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 627, compared with 667 in 2020-21.
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Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEMPLE ISD
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 2,320 students
- Thornton Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
- Travis Science AcademyMiddle · 686 students
- Sampson-Howard Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
Other schools in TEMPLE
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 2,320 students
- Lake Belton High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- North Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Lake Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Thornton Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
- Travis Science AcademyMiddle · 686 students
Other Bonham Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Bonham Middle. Bonham Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Bonham Middle SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 892 students
- Bonham Middle SchoolODESSA, TX · 835 students
Nearby schools
- Cater Elementary School0.6 mi · 309
- Thornton Elementary School1.3 mi · 763
- Scott Elementary School2.0 mi · 442
- Western Hills Elementary School2.1 mi · 417
- Ki Charter - Temple2.4 mi · 9
- Charter Oak Elementary School2.6 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About Bonham Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bonham Middle School?
Bonham Middle School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bonham Middle School serve?
Bonham Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bonham Middle School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Bonham Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bonham Middle School?
At Bonham Middle School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 48% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Bonham Middle School public or private?
Bonham Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TEMPLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.