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Bonham MS

Bell County · Region 12: Waco · 638 students

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Current score
87/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+7.4 ptsvs 79.6 average · 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
463 of 2,026tied with 66 others
B87

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 88 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79.6 average for 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 7 points

80 to 87 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 87 is 7.4 points above the 79.6 average among 2,026 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 12 points

76 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 88 is 11.2 points above the 76.8 average among 1,892 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
50%vs 47.3% avg · +2.7 pts
Masters
24%vs 19.2% avg · +4.8 pts

Among 1,917 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 MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 87 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.6 average for 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 463rd of 2,026 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 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 MS 9086758087 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 B with 88 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
2025-26B8779.6 2,026 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8079.3 2,004 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7577.4 1,989 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8678.0 1,956 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9082.1 1,935 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 Achievement80 B+2.9 vs similar economic context · 1,917 reporting
  • School Progress86 B+5.4 vs similar economic context · 1,909 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps88 B+11.2 vs similar economic context · 1,892 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+8.3 vs similar economic context · 1,849 reporting
  • Relative Performance86 B+7.1 vs similar economic context · 1,909 reporting
  • Bonham MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,026 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement80B10
School Progress86B4
Closing the Gaps88B2
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance86B4

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 2 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 (86), so Student Achievement (80) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 86.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level74%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,917 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level78%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%−0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 reporting
  • Masters grade level27%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,914 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level74%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 reporting
  • Meets grade level52%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,755 reporting
  • Meets grade level55%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,755 reporting
  • Masters grade level31%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,755 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level59%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 920 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 920 reporting
  • Masters grade level22%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 920 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,026 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
638
Economically disadvantaged
66.8%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
10.0%−8.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.7%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.0%−1.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
24.5%+7.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Bonham MS

African American: 20.4%Hispanic: 44.8%White: 25.2%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 1.1%Two or More Races: 6%
  • African American 20.4%
  • Hispanic 44.8%
  • White 25.2%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 1.1%
  • Two or More Races 6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,026 reporting for every category shown · 2,026 in full cohort

African American: 11.8%Hispanic: 53.5%White: 28.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.6%
  • African American 11.8%
  • Hispanic 53.5%
  • White 28.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
638
Economically disadvantaged students
426
Emergent bilingual students
64
Special education students
132

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
146
Students in TEA mobility denominator
714
TEA-published mobility rate
20.4%

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 638 students in 2025–26, an increase of 11 (1.8%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
638

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+11

Increase · +1.8%

Change since 2021–22
−5

Decrease · −0.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
638
Selected comparison
635.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,993 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Bonham MS
School yearStudents enrolledBonham MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 643 First available year 647.1
2022–23 622 Decrease of 21 (3.3%) 654.5
2023–24 636 Increase of 14 (2.3%) 653.4
2024–25 627 Decrease of 9 (1.4%) 650.6
2025–26 638 Increase of 11 (1.8%) 635.8

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
134

19.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
325

46.03 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
706

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
19.0%
Selected comparison
12.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,554 rated schools reporting

+6.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
46.03
Selected comparison
30.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,664 rated schools reporting

+15.7 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Bonham MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 731 105 14.4% 234 32.01 9.7% 19.3
2021–22 709 146 20.6% 330 46.54 12.8% 30.1
2022–23 700 116 16.6% 254 36.29 13.3% 32.1
2023–24 686 134 19.5% 370 53.94 13.2% 31.7
2024–25 706 134 19.0% 325 46.03 12.8% 30.3
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Bonham MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 134 19.0% 325 46.03 12.8% 30.3
In-school suspensions 83 11.8% 148 20.96 11.5% 23
Out-of-school suspensions 88 12.5% 146 20.68 7.1% 10.6
DAEP placements 29 4.1% 31 4.39 5.1% 6.1
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.

$7k$19k$32k20182020202220242025
  • Bonham MS
  • Parent district: Temple ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$30,396
Selected comparison
$13,259

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,002 rated schools reporting

+$17,137 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $30,396 per student for this campus, $22,411 per student for its parent district, Temple 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 MSParent district: Temple ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,270$16,242$13,054$7,979 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,865 rated schools reporting
2019$7,353$15,314$13,108$8,143 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,881 rated schools reporting
2020$7,844$15,736$14,058$8,717 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,900 rated schools reporting
2021$9,217$15,164$14,797$9,203 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,913 rated schools reporting
2022$9,317$14,536$15,708$10,490 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,934 rated schools reporting
2023$11,677$17,713$16,792$11,202 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,957 rated schools reporting
2024$10,164$20,910$18,125$12,347 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,986 rated schools reporting
2025$30,396$22,411$18,972$13,259 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,002 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
$63,693−$2,773 vs similar economic context
Teachers
52+9.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.2−1.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Bonham MS

Beginning: 1.9%1 to 5 years: 28.2%6 to 10 years: 28.6%11 to 20 years: 25%21 to 30 years: 13.4%Over 30 years: 2.9%
  • Beginning 1.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 28.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 28.6%
  • 11 to 20 years 25%
  • 21 to 30 years 13.4%
  • Over 30 years 2.9%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,026 reporting for every category shown · 2,026 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.3%1 to 5 years: 26.5%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.9%21 to 30 years: 15.6%Over 30 years: 4%
  • Beginning 6.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.6%
  • Over 30 years 4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Bonham MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBonham MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 618.617.8
Secondary English1715.1
Secondary languages other than English22.617.7
Secondary math1816
Secondary science19.717.4
Secondary social studies22.817.3

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 120 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 2of 100

    Per-student spending

    Bell County · of the 100 that report this measure

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 014909044.