📍 717 Buccaneer Dr, Abilene, Taylor County, 79605
Bonham el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Abilene, Taylor County. The school has 482 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kevin Wellborn. It is part of the Abilene Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bonham el enrolls 482 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 35.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 41% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 43% |
| White | 197 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
379 of the school's 482 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 361 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bonham el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 24, state house district 71.
Bonham el is one of 28 schools in ABILENE ISD, based in ABILENE, Texas. The district serves 14,536 students district-wide and employs 1,035 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 482 students, Bonham el is close to the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize