Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICKSBURG WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280447000826
Bowmar Avenue
912 BOWMAR AVENUE, VICKSBURG, MS 39180 · (601) 636-2486 · Warren County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
324 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 53.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bowmar Avenue
Bowmar Avenue's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowmar Avenue this school | 324 | 100.0% | 61.1% |
| Lake Elementary School Lake | 333 | 99.1% | 67.1% |
| Beat Four School Waynesboro | 416 | 99.3% | 35.5% |
| Mary Reid School POTTS CAMP | 270 | 98.9% | 49.2% |
| Redwood Elementary REDWOOD | 367 | 100.0% | 66.2% |
| Riverside Elementary School Avon | 402 | 99.3% | 44.3% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bowmar Avenue ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #160 of 428 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #226 of 439 ▼ 17 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #82 of 439 ▲ 56 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #304 of 453 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #185 of 408 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #131 of 409 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #97 of 444 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #138 of 296 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
324
-52 (-14%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 324 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 26.3 | 13.0:1 | 100% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 26.5 | 13.5:1 | 100% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 100% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 20.4 | 19.0:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 100% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 20 | 20.0:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 61% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowmar Avenue.
About Bowmar Avenue
Bowmar Avenue is a small elementary school in VICKSBURG, Mississippi, administered by Vicksburg Warren School District. It enrolled 324 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi, which is about 446.
Bowmar Avenue falls under Vicksburg Warren School District, which has 14 schools enrolling 6,610 students.
Roughly 55% of students at Bowmar Avenue are White. Enrollment also includes 39% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Warren County, the White share is about 47%. Bowmar Avenue's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 22 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.7:1. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Warren County average 100%.
allk12 grades Bowmar Avenue an A-. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bowmar Avenue is in the top 10% of Mississippi schools: 61.1% actual against 44.1% predicted.
Warren County census figures show that the median household income is $59,401, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Warren County is home to 16 public schools and about 6,610 public school students.
The closest other public school is Vicksburg High School, about 0.8 miles away. Bowmar Avenue has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Bowmar Avenue ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 61.1% versus a 44.2% average.
In the federal locale system, Bowmar Avenue is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 52 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.8:1 to 14.7:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,020
Census ACS
Median income
$59,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,610 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vicksburg Warren School District
- Warren Central HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Warren Central Junior HighMiddle · 525 students
- Vicksburg Junior HighMiddle · 409 students
- Dana Road ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Other schools in VICKSBURG
- Warren Central HighHigh · 1,145 students
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Beechwood ElementaryElementary · 550 students
- Warren Central Junior HighMiddle · 525 students
- Vicksburg Junior HighMiddle · 409 students
- Dana Road ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Vicksburg High School0.8 mi · 785
- Vicksburg Junior High1.1 mi · 409
- Warren Central Junior High1.2 mi · 525
- Beechwood Elementary3.7 mi · 550
- Warren Central High3.9 mi · 1,145
- Dana Road Elementary4.2 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Bowmar AvenueWhat is the total enrollment at Bowmar Avenue?
Bowmar Avenue enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Bowmar Avenue serve?
Bowmar Avenue serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Bowmar Avenue?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Bowmar Avenue.
How diverse is Bowmar Avenue?
Bowmar Avenue reports a student body of 55% White, 2% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Bowmar Avenue?
Bowmar Avenue is overseen by Vicksburg Warren School District in Warren County.
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