BOWIE EL

BOWIE EL, a reasonably sized K-5 school in ROSENBERG, Texas, run under LAMAR CISD, hosts 523 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

LAMAR CISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 46,786 students. BOWIE EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BOWIE EL logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 7% Black, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BOWIE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of -6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BOWIE EL is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOWIE EL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOWIE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 523 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.