BOWIE MIDDLE

BOWIE MIDDLE is one of the moderately sized middle-grades schools in IRVING, Texas, operated by IRVING ISD, with 730 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

IRVING ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 31,918 students. BOWIE MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BOWIE MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 10% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at BOWIE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, BOWIE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of +2.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. BOWIE MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRITAIN EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOWIE MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOWIE MIDDLE at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

BOWIE MIDDLE operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOWIE MIDDLE has fell 25%, going from 970 students in 2018 to 730 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 81% to 85% over that span.

On the community side, members of the BOWIE MIDDLE community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.