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Enrollment
1,003
High
DISTRICT 1,062 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001668
Bowie High School
801 S SAN MARCIAL ST, EL PASO, TX 79905 · (915) 236-7000 · El Paso County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,003 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
961 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 240 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 263 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 257 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 243 | 24% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
27.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
21.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 13.0% | 63.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 11.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 (30.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowie High School this school | 1,003 | 95.8% | 30.9% |
| San Elizario High School SAN ELIZARIO | 985 | 95.0% | 33.7% |
| IDEA College Prep DONNA | 823 | 95.3% | 40.9% |
| IDEA College Preparatory Pharr PHARR | 848 | 94.0% | 49.3% |
| IDEA Riverview College Preparatory BROWNSVILLE | 813 | 94.3% | 64.0% |
| Dr Leo Cigarroa High School LAREDO | 1,379 | 95.8% | 37.8% |
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 | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #1,322 of 1,385 | #43 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,295 of 1,425 ▼ 702 | #39 of 45 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,402 of 1,425 ▲ 5 | #43 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #948 of 1,184 | #37 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,003 | #579 of 2,107 | #22 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #468 of 1,344 | #6 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.2% | #1,306 of 1,346 | #41 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.8% | #56 of 1,522 | #1 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #64 of 557 | #5 of 28 |
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
1,003
-222 (-18%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,957
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 1,003 | 74.5 | 13.5:1 | 96% (961) |
| 2023-24 | 1,007 | 70.1 | 14.4:1 | 98% (987) |
| 2022-23 | 1,117 | 71.7 | 15.6:1 | 98% (1,093) |
| 2020-21 | 1,225 | 78 | 15.7:1 | 93% (1,137) |
| 2017-18 | 1,386 | 94.8 | 14.6:1 | 89% (1,240) |
| 2015-16 | 1,348 | 83 | 16.2:1 | 79% (1,063) |
| 2010-11 | 1,153 | 77 | 15.0:1 | 96% (1,103) |
| 2000-01 | 1,377 | 103 | 13.4:1 | 88% (1,217) |
| 1990-91 | 1,957 | 109 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowie High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (1,386 to 1,003); teachers down 21% (94.8 to 74.5).
About Bowie High School
Federal records list Bowie High School as a high school in EL PASO, Texas. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,003 students enrolled. It has 26% more students than the average for high schools in Texas (about 796).
EL PASO ISD is the local district for Bowie High School. It runs 76 schools with 48,118 students.
At Bowie High School, 99% of students are Hispanic. Census figures show El Paso County is about 83% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 2%.
Bowie High School has 74.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. High schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Bowie High School, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in El Paso County average 74%.
Bowie High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.9% is 1.9 points below the 32.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for El Paso County show that the median household earns about $59,806 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. El Paso County has 273 public schools with about 165,404 students, including Bowie High School.
About 0.4 miles separate Bowie High School from the closest public school, Douglass Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Bowie High School places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Bowie High School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,003, down from 1,225 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Bowie High schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bowie High. Bowie High School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Bowie High SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 2,876 students
- Bowie High SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 2,140 students
- Bowie High SchoolBOWIE, TX · 467 students
- Bowie HighBowie, MD · 2,580 students
- Bowie High SchoolBowie, AZ · 20 students
Nearby schools
- Douglass Elementary School0.4 mi · 451
- El Paso Leadership Academy0.7 mi · 181
- Zavala Elementary School0.8 mi · 253
- Guillen Middle School1.2 mi · 433
- Hart Elementary School1.3 mi · 343
- Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy1.3 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Bowie High SchoolHow large is Bowie High School?
Bowie High School enrolls approximately 1,003 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bowie High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bowie High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Bowie High School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Bowie High School.
What is the student diversity at Bowie High School?
Student demographics at Bowie High School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is Bowie High School in?
Bowie High School is part of EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.