BOWIE EL

As a mid-sized elementary campus in SAN MARCOS, Texas, BOWIE EL educates 580 students from grades K through 5, operated by SAN MARCOS CISD.

Across the 12 schools in SAN MARCOS CISD (8,222 students total), BOWIE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BOWIE EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BOWIE EL records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BOWIE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 28.1%, a residual of -9.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hays County put the typical household earns roughly $89,097 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), BOWIE EL is one campus in the mix.

SAN MARCOS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOWIE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.9%.

BOWIE EL operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 84% to 78% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.