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Enrollment
467
High
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOWIE ISD·NCES 481099000563
Bowie High School
341 E HWY 287 N, BOWIE, TX 76230 · (940) 689-2840 · Montague County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
182 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 127 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 113 | 24% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BOWIE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 46.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 25.0% | 44.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 High School
Bowie High School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie High School this school | 467 | 39.0% | 62.0% |
| Quitman High School QUITMAN | 346 | 39.9% | 66.1% |
| Boyd High School BOYD | 417 | 36.5% | 64.8% |
| Sabine High School GLADEWATER | 456 | 42.8% | 61.6% |
| Lone Oak High School LONE OAK | 335 | 40.9% | 69.4% |
| Scurry-Rosser High School SCURRY | 347 | 37.2% | 55.5% |
Matched among Texas high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #435 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #954 of 1,425 ▼ 198 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #849 of 1,425 ▼ 137 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #57 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #943 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #466 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #863 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #1,226 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #353 of 557 |
Ranked against other public high 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
467
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 467 | 34.7 | 13.4:1 | 39% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 42% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 39.3 | 12.7:1 | 44% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 42% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 39.8 | 12.5:1 | 46% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 43% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 40% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 17% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 36 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowie High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (498 to 467); teachers down 13% (39.8 to 34.7).
About Bowie High School
Bowie High School is one of the public schools in BOWIE, Texas. It is a small high school. Enrolled students number 467 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Texas average about 796 students each.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in BOWIE ISD totals 1,503 students.
White students are the majority at Bowie High School, with 73% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 17 points below the 90% share among Montague County residents. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Bowie High School, 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.4:1. On average, high schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 39% of enrollment. That rate is below the 50% average among public schools in Montague County.
The allk12 Grade for Bowie High School is B-. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bowie High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.0% and a predicted 57.0%.
Among Montague County residents, the median household income is $64,545, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Bowie High School, Montague County has 12 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Bowie Junior High School, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Bowie High School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.0% against a local average of 47.7%.
Bowie High School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when Bowie High School had 497 students, to 2024-25, when it had 467.
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Montague County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,046
Census ACS
Median income
$64,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BOWIE ISD
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Bowie Junior High SchoolMiddle · 344 students
- Bowie Intermediate SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other schools in BOWIE
- Bowie Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Bowie Junior High SchoolMiddle · 344 students
- Bowie Intermediate SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Gold Burg SchoolCombined · 148 students
Other Bowie High schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bowie High. Bowie High School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Bowie High SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 2,876 students
- Bowie High SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 2,140 students
- Bowie High SchoolEL PASO, TX · 1,003 students
- Bowie HighBowie, MD · 2,580 students
- Bowie High SchoolBowie, AZ · 20 students
Nearby schools
- Bowie Junior High School0.9 mi · 344
- Bowie Intermediate School1.2 mi · 342
- Bowie Elementary School1.8 mi · 350
- Gold Burg School9.3 mi · 148
- Montague Elementary School11.1 mi · 163
- Bellevue School11.1 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Bowie High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bowie High School?
Bowie High School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bowie High School serve?
Bowie High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Bowie High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Bowie High School.
How diverse is Bowie High School?
Bowie High School reports a student body of 73% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bowie High School public or private?
Bowie High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BOWIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.