Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARLINGEN CISD·NCES 482253002279
Bowie Elementary School
309 W LINCOLN AVE, HARLINGEN, TX 78550 · (956) 427-3080 · Cameron County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
313 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 66 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 60% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +52.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 52 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 39.0% | 15.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (61.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie Elementary School this school | 335 | 93.4% | 61.3% |
| David G Sanchez Elementary School LA FERIA | 330 | 92.7% | 52.1% |
| Alton Elementary School ALTON | 337 | 93.5% | 36.4% |
| Rufino Mendoza Sr Elementary School FORT WORTH | 342 | 92.4% | 18.3% |
| Margaret B Henderson Elementary School DALLAS | 337 | 93.5% | 52.6% |
| Ogden Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 335 | 94.6% | 11.3% |
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 Cameron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #698 of 4,401 | #9 of 93 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #539 of 4,466 ▲ 218 | #12 of 93 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,030 of 4,466 ▲ 232 | #16 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,390 of 3,998 | #40 of 93 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #3,978 of 4,938 | #77 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,445 of 4,622 | #60 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #4,205 of 4,628 | #30 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #695 of 4,789 | #34 of 94 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #2,768 of 2,838 | #64 of 64 |
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
335
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 335 | 20.7 | 16.2:1 | 93% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 21.4 | 14.8:1 | 95% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 22.7 | 14.8:1 | 94% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 90% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 23.1 | 14.7:1 | 91% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 92% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 96% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 94% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 30 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (339 to 335); teachers down 11% (23.1 to 20.7).
About Bowie Elementary School
Bowie Elementary School, located in HARLINGEN, Texas, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It reports enrollment of 335 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 35% below average.
HARLINGEN CISD counts 31 schools and 17,506 students, including Bowie Elementary School.
At Bowie Elementary School, 96% of students are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 8%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. The school has 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. In all, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 84% average for public schools in Cameron County is 9 points.
A school in Texas with Bowie Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 33.8%. Bowie Elementary School scores 61.3%.
Census data for Cameron County show median household income comes to about $52,601, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county has 187 public schools and about 97,392 students.
The closest school to Bowie Elementary School is Houston Elementary School, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Bowie Elementary School's average proficiency of 61.3% compares with 37.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Bowie Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
From 346 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 335 by 2024-25.
The Bowie Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cameron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,120
Census ACS
Median income
$52,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
97,392 students
Quick facts
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- Harlingen High SchoolHigh · 2,433 students
- Harlingen H S - SouthHigh · 2,019 students
- Dr Abraham P Cano Freshman AcademyCombined · 1,035 students
- Moises Vela Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Treasure Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Gutierrez Middle SchoolMiddle · 747 students
Other Bowie Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 2 states are named Bowie Elementary. Bowie Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Bowie Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 644 students
- 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
Nearby schools
- Houston Elementary School0.5 mi · 420
- Coakley Middle School0.6 mi · 687
- Jefferson Elementary School0.6 mi · 259
- Travis Elementary School0.7 mi · 294
- Lamar Elementary School0.8 mi · 401
- Vernon Middle School1.2 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Bowie Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bowie Elementary School?
Bowie Elementary School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bowie Elementary School serve?
Bowie Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bowie Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Bowie Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bowie Elementary School?
At Bowie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bowie Elementary School in?
Bowie Elementary School is part of HARLINGEN CISD.
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