Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Abilene

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
C

Bonham El

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

717 Buccaneer Dr, Abilene, TX 79605 · (325) 690-3745 · Part of Abilene Independent School District

Abilene’s School Grade C better than 27% of Texas school districts

Directions
Students
481
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
78%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Bonham El

  • Its own letter, C: better results than 33% of Texas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 8 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 14 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Abilene kids: 4 middle schools

On the path

Where Abilene kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Bonham ElYou are here
6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency29%
State average 36.6%
Reading / language arts28%
State average 41.8%

Its own letter, C, places these results among Texas’s 7,796 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

717 Buccaneer Dr, Abilene

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K3
Kindergarten83
Grade 182
Grade 280
Grade 382
Grade 473
Grade 578
Enrollment over time
511’20
493’21
482’22
478’23
481’24

Down 5.9% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 51%White 33%Black 12%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Bonham El from Abilene families.

Other schools in Abilene Independent School District

The district →
Austin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Abilene
B+
729 students17:1
Long Early Learning Center
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Abilene
692 students14:1
Taylor El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Abilene
B
662 students17:1
Dyess El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Abilene
A−
621 students17:1
Bassetti El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Abilene
B−
546 students15:1
Purcell El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Abilene
C
537 students16:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Texas’s other public schools; Abilene’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.