FINLEY-OATES EL

Set in BONHAM, Texas, FINLEY-OATES EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community, overseen by BONHAM ISD. It hosts 559 students across grades K through 3.

Within BONHAM ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,029 students, FINLEY-OATES EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, FINLEY-OATES EL reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fannin County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FINLEY-OATES EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -8.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fannin County put the typical household earns roughly $72,295 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fannin County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,573 students), of which FINLEY-OATES EL is one.

BONHAM H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FINLEY-OATES EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 549 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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