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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at BOWDEN ACADEMY this year?
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Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873004327
BOWDEN ACADEMY
515 WILLOW ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78202 · (210) 738-9770 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
422 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
28.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
16.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
439
-74 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.3:1
% White
5%
was 1%
% Hispanic
86%
was 89%
% Black
5%
was 9%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BOWDEN ACADEMY
BOWDEN ACADEMY is an elementary school of intimate scale in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD, educateing 439 students in grades pre-K through 8.
Within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 100 schools and 47,623 students, BOWDEN ACADEMY is one campus in the system.
Demographically, BOWDEN ACADEMY records that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, BOWDEN ACADEMY shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
After controlling for student poverty, BOWDEN ACADEMY is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 31.9%; BOWDEN ACADEMY posts 17.4%, -14.5 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. BOWDEN ACADEMY is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
The closest other public school is BEXAR CO J J An E P, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
BOWDEN ACADEMY operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD
- JEFFERSON H SHigh · 1,706 students
- LANIER H SHigh · 1,620 students
- BRACKENRIDGE H SHigh · 1,593 students
- HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 1,478 students
- BURBANK H SHigh · 1,405 students
- EDISON H SHigh · 1,360 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- REAGAN H SHigh · 3,403 students
- EAST CENTRAL H SHigh · 3,362 students
- JOHNSON H SHigh · 3,196 students
- BRENNAN H SHigh · 2,965 students
- HARLAN H SHigh · 2,778 students
- CLARK H SHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- BEXAR CO J J A E P0.4 mi · 5
- JJA0.4 mi · 11
- BEXAR CO J J A E P0.4 mi · 2
- NISD BEXAR COUNTY JJA0.4 mi · 26
- BEXAR CO J J A E P0.4 mi · 3
- NORTH EAST J J A E P0.4 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About BOWDEN ACADEMYHow large is BOWDEN ACADEMY?
BOWDEN ACADEMY enrolls approximately 439 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does BOWDEN ACADEMY serve?
BOWDEN ACADEMY serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOWDEN ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOWDEN ACADEMY is approximately 15.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BOWDEN ACADEMY?
BOWDEN ACADEMY reports a student body of 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees BOWDEN ACADEMY?
BOWDEN ACADEMY is overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD in Bexar County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.