BOWIE EL

Located at 501 JETER DR, in ENNIS, Texas, BOWIE EL is a reasonably sized elementary school that educates 506 students (grades 1 through 3), operated by ENNIS ISD.

ENNIS ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 6,646 students; BOWIE EL is among them.

Demographically, BOWIE EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 13% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BOWIE EL records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 64% of students at BOWIE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Ellis County's rate of about 51%.

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 45.9%; this one delivers 34.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ellis County put the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), BOWIE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JACK LUMMUS INT, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOWIE EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 40%: 361 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for BOWIE EL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.