BOWIE EL

BOWIE EL is one of the medium-sized primary schools in DALLAS, Texas, run under RICHARDSON ISD, with 644 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BOWIE EL sits 24% above that benchmark.

Across the 55 schools in RICHARDSON ISD (38,526 students total), BOWIE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BOWIE EL shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOWIE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.3%; this one delivers 77.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), BOWIE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PEARCE H S, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOWIE EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 67.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 626 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 69% across the same window.

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