Bonham ISD is composed of five campuses, a disciplinary alternative education program, and a pregnancy education and parenting program facility. Bonham High School serves approximately 600 students in grades 9-12. L.H. Rather Junior High School houses approximately 300 students in grades 7-8. Approximately 1200 students are enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade. I.W. Evans Intermediate School serves students in grades 4-6. Finley-Oates Elementary, which opened in 1997, instructs students in grades K-3. The Head Start Program at Stephenson School meets the diverse needs of Fannin County's qualifying three and four year olds. All campuses are accredited by the Texas Education Agency.
The BISD believes that students are individuals who learn in different ways, at different times, and at different rates. It is our responsibility to take students at their points of development and advance them to their highest potential.
Located 70 miles northeast of Dallas, 35 miles west of Paris, 27 miles east of Sherman and 15 miles south of the Oklahoma border, Bonham has a population of approximately 10,000. The county seat of Fannin County boasts many attractions, such as the Sam Rayburn Library and Home, Fort Inglish Village, Fannin County Museum of History, Lake Bonham, Bonham State Park, historic bed and breakfasts, Red River Regional Hospital and a municipal airport.
Bonham ISD is a Class 3A school district that serves approximately 2,000 students. Within an hour's drive of Bonham are Austin College, Texas A&M University - Commerce, Grayson County College, Collin County Community College and Paris Junior College.
It is the policy of Bonham Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; and Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Bonham Independent School District will take steps to ensure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational programs and services.
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