RATHER L H

RATHER L H is a junior high of intimate scale in BONHAM, Texas, part of BONHAM ISD, caters to 271 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so RATHER L H sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in BONHAM ISD (2,029 students total), RATHER L H accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RATHER L H shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Fannin County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, RATHER L H logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting RATHER L H higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at RATHER L H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fannin County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RATHER L H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.5%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fannin County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,295, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RATHER L H is one of 23 public schools in Fannin County (combined enrollment of about 5,573 students).

EVANS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RATHER L H at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 252 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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