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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004126
Bowie Elementary School
7643 LA MANGA DR, DALLAS, TX 75248 · (469) 593-6000 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
82 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 23.0% | 12.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 44.0% | 31.0% | 13.0% | 12.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 78.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 53.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Bowie Elementary School
Bowie Elementary School's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie Elementary School this school | 644 | 12.7% | 77.0% |
| Academy at Nola Dunn BURLESON | 668 | 14.8% | 59.4% |
| Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School HEATH | 704 | 8.7% | 64.8% |
| Brentwood Elementary School AUSTIN | 671 | 14.0% | 70.3% |
| Vandagriff Elementary School ALEDO | 640 | 10.9% | 72.6% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School KINGWOOD | 581 | 9.1% | 76.1% |
Matched among Texas 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 Bowie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #148 of 4,401 | #18 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #271 of 4,466 ▲ 18 | #29 of 429 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #355 of 4,466 ▼ 107 | #33 of 429 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +34.5pp | #87 of 3,998 | #4 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #1,290 of 4,938 | #90 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,894 of 4,622 | #161 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,513 of 4,628 | #189 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #4,596 of 4,789 | #423 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #1,128 of 1,307 | #105 of 118 |
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
644
0 (0%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 644 | 44.7 | 14.4:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 43.1 | 14.9:1 | 13% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 47.4 | 13.7:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 14% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 43.9 | 14.3:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 7% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (626 to 644); teachers up 2% (43.9 to 44.7).
About Bowie Elementary School
Bowie Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in DALLAS, Texas. The school had 644 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Across its 55 schools, RICHARDSON ISD enrolls 38,526 students. Bowie Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 69% of students at Bowie Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Dallas County, the White share is about 35%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 13% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
Bowie Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.0% and a predicted 68.3%.
Census estimates describe Dallas County this way: the median household income is $76,547, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Dallas County has 771 public schools and roughly 459,645 students.
The school nearest to Bowie Elementary School is Pearce High School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Bowie Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies Bowie Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 644 to 644, a small change.
Community posts for Bowie Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Other Bowie Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 2 states are named Bowie Elementary. Bowie Elementary School is the largest of the 11.
- Bowie Elementary SchoolGREENVILLE, TX · 601 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolSAN MARCOS, TX · 580 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolROSENBERG, TX · 523 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolENNIS, TX · 506 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolCORSICANA, TX · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Pearce High School0.5 mi · 2,317
- Westwood Math Science Leadership Magnet0.7 mi · 630
- Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy North Dallas0.8 mi · 300
- Mohawk Elementary School0.8 mi · 492
- Parkhill Junior High School0.9 mi · 650
- Brentfield Elementary School0.9 mi · 815
Frequently asked questions
About Bowie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bowie Elementary School?
Bowie Elementary School enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Bowie Elementary School serve?
Bowie Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bowie Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bowie Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bowie Elementary School?
At Bowie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bowie Elementary School?
Bowie Elementary School is overseen by RICHARDSON ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.