BOWIE EL

BOWIE EL operates as a small elementary school in BOWIE, Texas, overseen by BOWIE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within BOWIE ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,503 students, BOWIE EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, BOWIE EL reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Montague County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Montague County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,545 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Montague County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), BOWIE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BOWIE INT, roughly 0.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

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