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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MARCOS CISD·NCES 483897004448
Bowie Elementary School
4020 MONTERREY OAKS, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666 · (512) 393-6200 · Hays County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
477 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 (27.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie Elementary School this school | 580 | 82.2% | 27.6% |
| Fisher Elementary School PASADENA | 566 | 84.1% | 41.1% |
| Freeport Elementary School FREEPORT | 616 | 82.1% | N/A |
| Bonham Elementary School BRYAN | 543 | 82.7% | 40.6% |
| Blake Manor Elementary School MANOR | 573 | 83.6% | 19.8% |
| Goliad Elementary School SAN ANGELO | 543 | 80.3% | 29.8% |
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 Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #3,871 of 4,401 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,025 of 4,466 ▲ 41 | #30 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,279 of 4,466 ▲ 698 | #27 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #1,147 of 3,998 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #1,770 of 4,938 | #22 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,696 of 4,622 | #13 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #3,203 of 4,628 | #27 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #1,781 of 4,789 | #5 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #1,059 of 1,307 | #9 of 9 |
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
580
+86 (+17%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 580 | 40.9 | 14.2:1 | 82% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 39.7 | 14.5:1 | 75% (435) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 34.5 | 13.9:1 | 75% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 72% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 71% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 73% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 73% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 71% (476) |
| 1990-91 | 697 | 44 | 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 4% (558 to 580); teachers up 2% (40 to 40.9).
About Bowie Elementary School
Students in SAN MARCOS, Texas, attend Bowie Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 580 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, SAN MARCOS CISD has 12 schools and 8,222 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Bowie Elementary School is 78%, a majority. Other students are 13% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 39% Hispanic share among all Hays County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Bowie Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The school has 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Federal data show 82% of students (477) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in Hays County is 36 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Bowie Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 7% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.6% at Bowie Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.6%.
For Hays County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $89,097 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Hays County number 63, with about 46,946 students.
Measured in a straight line, San Marcos High School is about 0.5 miles from Bowie Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Bowie Elementary School is behind the 36.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bowie Elementary School had a net gain of 86 students, or 17%. The school's ratio increased from 13.0:1 to 14.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Bowie Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN MARCOS CISD
- San Marcos High SchoolHigh · 2,371 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Goodnight Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- Dezavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hernandez Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Mendez Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Other schools in SAN MARCOS
- San Marcos High SchoolHigh · 2,371 students
- Miller Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Goodnight Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- Blanco Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 787 students
- Dezavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hernandez Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
Other Bowie Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 2 states are named Bowie Elementary. Bowie Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- Bowie Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 644 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolGREENVILLE, TX · 601 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolROSENBERG, TX · 523 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolENNIS, TX · 506 students
- Bowie Elementary SchoolCORSICANA, TX · 494 students
Nearby schools
- San Marcos High School0.5 mi · 2,371
- Hays Inspire Academy0.8 mi · 24
- Lamar - Phoenix Alternative Education2.4 mi · 55
- Dezavala Elementary School2.5 mi · 584
- Mendez Elementary School2.6 mi · 533
- Goodnight Middle School2.6 mi · 884
Frequently asked questions
About Bowie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bowie Elementary School?
Bowie Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bowie Elementary School serve?
Bowie Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bowie Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 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 13% White, 78% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bowie Elementary School in?
Bowie Elementary School is part of SAN MARCOS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.