Bonham Elementary

Summary:

Bonham Elementary is a public elementary school in Harlingen, Texas, serving 572 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, which is ranked 452 out of 968 districts in the state.

Bonham Elementary faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages. The school's 3rd grade reading proficiency rate of 32.39% in 2023-2024 was significantly below the district (47.05%) and state (48.85%) averages. Additionally, Bonham Elementary's statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 1,754 out of 4,581 Texas elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 3,346 out of 4,578 in 2020-2021, placing it in the bottom half of the state. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with Hispanic students and English Language Learners generally performing below their peers at the district and state levels.

When compared to other nearby elementary schools within the same district, such as Bowie Elementary and Lee H. Means Elementary, Bonham Elementary generally performs worse academically. Additionally, the school serves a high percentage of students (over 86%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges among the student population. Addressing these issues will require a comprehensive approach, including targeted interventions and additional resources to support the unique needs of Bonham Elementary's students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 2400 E Jefferson
       Harlingen, TX  78550-5723


(956) 427-3070

District: Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
3133rd of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,306 Help


Students who attend Bonham Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Vernon Middle
High:    Harlingen Collegiate High School
    Harlingen High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  572

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
96.5%
White:
2.3%
Two or more races:
0.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  88.5% Help


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Compare Details Bonham Elementary ranks worse than 67% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 16th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.76. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (96.5%), White (2.3%), two or more races (0.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 88.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bonham Elementary is 16.3. 15 elementary schools in the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bonham Elementary is $10,306. 11 elementary schools in the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bonham Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bonham Elementary 3133rd of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Bonham Elementary in the ranking list.)

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English Language Learner students:
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Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District 452nd of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bonham Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 48.03 2121st 3465 38.8%
2005 56.25 1712th 3475 50.7%
2006 69.74 1033rd 3476 70.3%
2007 71.01 1006th 3724 73.0%
2008 64.60 1380th 3768 63.4%
2009 65.92 1374th 3884 64.6%
2010 71.33 1029th 3937 73.9%
2011 66.52 1405th 4095 65.7%
2012 40.89 2842nd 4206 32.4%
2013 35.54 3111th 4221 26.3%
2014 41.64 2819th 4260 33.8%
2015 39.03 2904th 4320 32.8%
2016 36.10 3008th 4286 29.8%
2017 35.56 2808th 4329 35.1%
2018 28.62 3268th 4359 25.0%
2019 36.30 2934th 4479 34.5%
2021 27.53 3346th 4578 26.9%
2022 56.91 1754th 4581 61.7%
2023 39.32 2845th 4647 38.8%
2024 34.76 3133rd 4675 33.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.26 3110th 3226 3.6%
2019 21.99 3018th 3333 9.5%
2021 38.55 2162nd 3446 37.3%
2022 50.90 1595th 3487 54.3%
2023 25.71 2984th 3556 16.1%
2024 38.89 2270th 3638 37.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.67 3129th 3558 12.1%
2019 40.35 2026th 3684 45.0%
2021 64.28 750th 3799 80.3%
2022 32.25 2857th 3952 27.7%
2023 16.50 3933rd 4086 3.7%
2024 22.14 3715th 4261 12.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.03 3036th 4264 28.8%
2019 45.74 2374th 4309 44.9%
2021 38.06 2853rd 4451 35.9%
2022 67.85 1004th 4477 77.6%
2023 46.32 2445th 4521 45.9%
2024 45.57 2495th 4560 45.3%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.28 110th 112 1.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.00 3487th 4306 19.0%
2019 38.80 2757th 4348 36.6%
2021 25.98 3455th 4499 23.2%
2022 60.29 1555th 4561 65.9%
2023 44.42 2514th 4588 45.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.74 239th 3106 92.3%
2019 39.37 2416th 3184 24.1%
2021 22.00 2550th 3006 15.2%
2022 43.85 2085th 2958 29.5%
2023 28.46 2574th 2980 13.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.96 4090th 4240 3.5%
2019 26.92 3592nd 4295 16.4%
2021 31.61 3243rd 4331 25.1%
2022 47.89 2246th 4461 49.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.65 3142nd 4319 27.3%
2019 34.31 3056th 4357 29.9%
2021 30.43 3152nd 4498 29.9%
2022 52.15 2046th 4563 55.2%
2023 34.53 3108th 4585 32.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.88 3144th 4168 24.6%
2019 39.42 2661st 4188 36.5%
2021 30.65 3188th 4329 26.4%
2022 62.44 1312th 4376 70.0%
2023 43.21 2545th 4401 42.2%
2024 43.76 2504th 4431 43.5%
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Rank History for White students at Bonham Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.80 2144th 3127 31.4%
2019 84.70 269th 3142 91.4%
2022 45.00 1806th 3082 41.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for Bonham Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 184 6 0 314 0 n/a n/a 0 504
1990 148 6 0 355 0 n/a n/a 0 509
1991 147 5 3 347 0 n/a n/a -55 447
1992 147 5 1 556 2 n/a n/a 0 711
1993 150 11 3 561 2 n/a n/a 0 727
1994 156 7 4 591 2 n/a n/a 0 760
1995 133 9 3 617 1 n/a n/a 0 763
1996 133 9 3 617 1 n/a n/a 0 763
1997 138 8 7 661 1 n/a n/a 0 815
1998 97 6 12 639 0 n/a n/a 0 754
1999 90 4 5 569 0 n/a n/a 0 668
2000 99 4 4 655 0 n/a n/a 0 762
2001 87 5 9 681 0 n/a n/a 0 782
2002 87 6 5 691 0 n/a n/a 0 789
2003 87 6 5 691 0 n/a n/a 0 789
2004 77 6 3 716 0 n/a n/a 0 802
2005 58 6 4 768 0 n/a n/a 0 836
2006 67 3 5 847 0 n/a n/a 0 922
2007 64 4 8 807 0 n/a n/a 0 883
2008 66 10 6 829 0 n/a n/a 0 911
2009 54 8 7 628 1 n/a n/a 0 698
2010 49 7 3 611 0 n/a n/a 0 670
2011 69 6 4 612 1 0 0 0 692
2012 100 5 3 642 2 0 0 0 752
2013 89 3 3 640 2 0 0 0 737
2014 88 2 6 614 1 0 0 0 711
2015 80 2 2 702 1 0 1 0 788
2016 70 2 1 725 2 0 0 0 800
2017 52 3 0 691 1 0 0 0 747
2018 39 3 1 699 1 0 0 0 743
2019 27 5 0 669 1 0 0 0 702
2020 30 0 0 632 0 0 2 0 664
2021 15 0 1 583 1 0 5 0 605
2022 17 2 0 536 0 0 7 0 562
2023 13 2 0 552 0 0 5 0 572

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bonham Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 504 n/a n/a n/a
1990 509 28.0 18.1 n/a
1991 447 41.6 10.7 n/a
1992 711 37.0 19.2 55
1993 727 37.0 19.6 63.5
1994 760 39.0 19.5 62.2
1995 763 40.6 18.8 66.4
1996 763 40.6 18.8 66.4
1997 815 40.6 20.1 70.8
1998 754 37.0 20.4 72.5
1999 668 36.0 18.6 78.4
2000 762 39.0 19.5 79.9
2001 782 40.7 19.2 81.1
2002 789 42.0 18.8 79.5
2003 789 42.0 18.8 79.5
2004 802 44.0 18.2 80.3
2005 836 43.0 19.4 80.1
2006 922 45.0 20.5 84.8
2007 883 47.0 18.8 83.6
2008 911 48.0 19.0 82.2
2009 698 39.0 17.9 83.1
2010 670 42.0 15.9 87.3
2011 692 41.8 16.5 87
2012 752 41.3 18.1 87
2013 737 41.3 17.8 88.6
2014 711 41.9 16.9 89.2
2015 788 44.0 17.9 84.6
2016 800 47.0 17.0 82.6
2017 747 46.0 16.2 84.6
2018 743 46.2 16.0 88.7
2019 702 45.3 15.4 88
2020 664 43.2 15.3 89
2021 605 40.1 15.0 86.3
2022 562 37.2 15.0 86.7
2023 572 35.0 16.3 88.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bonham Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 504 n/a n/a n/a
1990 509 28.0 18.1 n/a
1991 447 41.6 10.7 n/a
1992 711 37.0 19.2 55
1993 727 37.0 19.6 63.5
1994 760 39.0 19.5 62.2
1995 763 40.6 18.8 66.4
1996 763 40.6 18.8 66.4
1997 815 40.6 20.1 70.8
1998 754 37.0 20.4 72.5
1999 668 36.0 18.6 78.4
2000 762 39.0 19.5 79.9
2001 782 40.7 19.2 81.1
2002 789 42.0 18.8 79.5
2003 789 42.0 18.8 79.5
2004 802 44.0 18.2 80.3
2005 836 43.0 19.4 80.1
2006 922 45.0 20.5 84.8
2007 883 47.0 18.8 83.6
2008 911 48.0 19.0 82.2
2009 698 39.0 17.9 83.1
2010 670 42.0 15.9 87.3
2011 692 41.8 16.5 87
2012 752 41.3 18.1 87
2013 737 41.3 17.8 88.6
2014 711 41.9 16.9 89.2
2015 788 44.0 17.9 84.6
2016 800 47.0 17.0 82.6
2017 747 46.0 16.2 84.6
2018 743 46.2 16.0 88.7
2019 702 45.3 15.4 88
2020 664 43.2 15.3 89
2021 605 40.1 15.0 86.3
2022 562 37.2 15.0 86.7
2023 572 35.0 16.3 88.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bonham Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,671 (18.9%) $7,174 (81.1%) $8,845
2020 $1,922 (20.0%) $7,668 (80.0%) $9,590
2021 $2,675 (26.0%) $7,631 (74.0%) $10,306

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Bonham Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2934th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2845th of 4647 Elementary schools
 4.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Bonham Elementary)3250
 18%
   3rd Grade Reading (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)4244
 2%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Bonham Elementary)3941
 2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)5038
 12%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Bonham Elementary)3631
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)4541
 4%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Bonham Elementary)3942
 3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)4343
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Bonham Elementary)4449
 5%
   5th Grade Reading (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)5156
 5%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Bonham Elementary)4030
 10%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)5947
 12%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Bonham Elementary)4829
 19%
   5th Grade Science (Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District)5235
 17%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students702572
 18.5%
African American52
 60%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic669552
 17.5%
Pacific Islander00
White2713
 51.9%
Two or More Races05
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients88%88.5%
 0.4%


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Bonham Elementary ranks 3133rd of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Bonham Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Vernon Middle
High : Harlingen Collegiate High School
High : Harlingen High School

Students at Bonham Elementary are 97% Hispanic, 2% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 572 students attended Bonham Elementary.


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