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.