BOWIE H S

Located at 4103 W SLAUGHTER LN, in AUSTIN, Texas, BOWIE H S is a sprawling secondary school that works with 2,876 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by AUSTIN ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 261% larger than typical.

Across the 123 schools in AUSTIN ISD (72,272 students total), BOWIE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BOWIE H S logs that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 164 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Travis County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOWIE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.7%, the actual is 78.6%, a residual of +10.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), BOWIE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIKER EL, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BOWIE H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 2,880 students in 2018 compared to 2,876 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.