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Bonham Elem

Taylor County · Region 14: Abilene · 506 students

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Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+2.9 ptsvs 79.1 average · 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
802 of 2,023tied with 82 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 79 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.1 average for 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 5 points

77 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 5.7 points above the 76.3 average among 1,880 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Overall score above the similar-context average

82 +2.9 pts vs 79.1

  • 82 is 2.9 points above the 79.1 average among 2,023 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

82 +8.8 pts vs 73.2

  • 82 is 8.8 points above the 73.2 average among 1,835 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Bonham Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.1 average for 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 802nd of 2,023 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 82 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBonham Elem 8274768582 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 79 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8279.1 2,023 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8578.8 2,004 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7676.7 1,988 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7477.2 1,962 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22B8282.0 1,943 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement71 C−4.9 vs similar economic context · 1,899 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps82 B+5.7 vs similar economic context · 1,880 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+8.8 vs similar economic context · 1,835 reporting
  • Relative Performance72 C−6.6 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • Bonham Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,023 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement71C9
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps82B8
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance72C8

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 8 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (82), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level68%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,899 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,899 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,899 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Masters grade level19%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level65%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,889 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level64%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,023 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
506
Economically disadvantaged
70.5%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
7.6%−13.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
29.9%+11.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
18.2%+0.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Bonham Elem

African American: 13.7%Hispanic: 49.6%White: 30.9%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.6%Two or More Races: 4.9%
  • African American 13.7%
  • Hispanic 49.6%
  • White 30.9%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 4.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,023 reporting for every category shown · 2,023 in full cohort

African American: 12.4%Hispanic: 57.1%White: 24.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.4%
  • African American 12.4%
  • Hispanic 57.1%
  • White 24.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
488
Economically disadvantaged students
344
Emergent bilingual students
37
Special education students
146

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
70
Students in TEA mobility denominator
436
TEA-published mobility rate
16.1%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 506 students in 2025–26, an increase of 25 (5.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
506

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+25

Increase · +5.2%

Change since 2021–22
+13

Increase · +2.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
506
Selected comparison
634.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,986 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Bonham Elem
School yearStudents enrolledBonham ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 493 First available year 645.7
2022–23 482 Decrease of 11 (2.2%) 652.7
2023–24 478 Decrease of 4 (0.8%) 651.4
2024–25 481 Increase of 3 (0.6%) 649.4
2025–26 506 Increase of 25 (5.2%) 634.7

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
75

14.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
318

62.35 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
510

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
14.7%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,547 rated schools reporting

+1.7 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
62.35
Selected comparison
30.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,658 rated schools reporting

+31.6 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Bonham Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 543 68 12.5% 250 46.04 9.5% 18.9
2021–22 538 76 14.1% 372 69.14 12.9% 30.3
2022–23 515 58 11.3% 187 36.31 13.5% 32.4
2023–24 529 72 13.6% 211 39.89 13.3% 32.1
2024–25 510 75 14.7% 318 62.35 13.0% 30.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Bonham Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 75 14.7% 318 62.35 13.0% 30.8
In-school suspensions 73 14.3% 258 50.59 11.6% 23.3
Out-of-school suspensions 14 2.8% 38 7.45 7.4% 11.1
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Bonham Elem
  • Parent district: Abilene ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,467
Selected comparison
$13,174

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,003 rated schools reporting

−$2,707 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,467 per student for this campus, $14,136 per student for its parent district, Abilene ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearBonham ElemParent district: Abilene ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,347$10,118$13,054$8,035 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,866 rated schools reporting
2019$7,640$11,313$13,108$8,202 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,883 rated schools reporting
2020$8,508$14,875$14,058$8,749 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 rated schools reporting
2021$8,449$15,669$14,797$9,245 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,919 rated schools reporting
2022$9,550$15,331$15,708$10,522 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 rated schools reporting
2023$9,772$15,783$16,792$11,225 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,964 rated schools reporting
2024$10,293$14,106$18,125$12,417 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,987 rated schools reporting
2025$10,467$14,136$18,972$13,174 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,003 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$59,382−$7,056 vs similar economic context
Teachers
31−11.9 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.7+1.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Bonham Elem

1 to 5 years: 48.4%6 to 10 years: 15.8%11 to 20 years: 22.6%21 to 30 years: 12.9%Over 30 years: 0.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 48.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 15.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 22.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 12.9%
  • Over 30 years 0.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,023 reporting for every category shown · 2,023 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.4%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Bonham Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBonham Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1917.9
Grade 11818.2
Grade 216.718.3
Grade 31918.6
Grade 416.818.9
Grade 522.719.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

2 measures

  • 7of 31

    Academic Growth

    Taylor County · of the 31 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 10of 34

    School Progress

    Taylor County · of the 34 that report this measure · tied with 1

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 221901103.