BOWIE INT

As a close-knit elementary-level community in BOWIE, Texas, BOWIE INT instructs 342 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within BOWIE ISD. That puts it 34% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within BOWIE ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,503 students, BOWIE INT is one campus in the system.

Demographically, BOWIE INT reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Montague County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BOWIE INT has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BOWIE INT sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.0%; actual is 34.9%, a gap of -17.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montague County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,545 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montague County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), BOWIE INT is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BOWIE J H, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOWIE INT ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. BOWIE INT's enrollment has contracted 58% since 2018, when it stood at 822 (now 342).

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