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Enrollment
859
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510003957
Bowman Middle School
2501 JUPITER RD, PLANO, TX 75074 · (469) 752-4800 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL859 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
534 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 316 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 283 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 260 | 30% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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 published attendance-zone data from PLANO ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp 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 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 24.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% |
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% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Bowman Middle School
Bowman Middle School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman Middle School this school | 859 | 62.2% | 52.6% |
| Fossil Hill Middle School FORT WORTH | 831 | 59.8% | 41.9% |
| Pflugerville Middle School PFLUGERVILLE | 829 | 66.2% | 40.0% |
| Thompson Intermediate School HOUSTON | 835 | 65.6% | 45.2% |
| Ulrich Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,178 | 57.3% | 52.7% |
| Clear Lake Intermediate School HOUSTON | 839 | 57.3% | 43.6% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Bowman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #425 of 1,635 | #38 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #977 of 1,670 ▼ 398 | #47 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #914 of 1,670 ▼ 157 | #48 of 57 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #224 of 1,570 | #1 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 859 | #467 of 1,749 | #31 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #672 of 1,542 | #16 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #330 of 1,543 | #42 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.2% | #899 of 1,648 | #4 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #520 of 942 | #17 of 29 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
859
-83 (-9%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 885
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 859 | 60.4 | 14.2:1 | 62% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 815 | 59.4 | 13.7:1 | 63% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 60.7 | 14.3:1 | 65% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 942 | 70 | 13.5:1 | 68% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 994 | 67.3 | 14.8:1 | 59% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 65 | 13.3:1 | 63% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 64 | 12.0:1 | 63% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 1,009 | 80 | 12.6:1 | 33% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 885 | 128 | 6.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (994 to 859); teachers down 10% (67.3 to 60.4).
About Bowman Middle School
Bowman Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with an address in PLANO, Texas. It reports enrollment of 859 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 34% bigger than the average for middle schools in Texas.
The PLANO ISD system has 73 schools and 46,612 students.
At Bowman Middle School, 53% of students are Hispanic. It is also 16% White, 15% Black, 13% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Collin County is roughly 16% Hispanic. The diversity index for Bowman Middle School is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Bowman Middle School, which has 60.4. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Bowman Middle School is about 62%. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.1% at Bowman Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Collin County show that median household income comes to about $121,600, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Collin County counts 338 public schools with about 227,575 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Bowman Middle School from the closest public school, Memorial Elementary School. The five-mile area around Bowman Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.9% on proficiency, and Bowman Middle School is above that at 52.6%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment fell 9% over 4 years, reaching 859 in 2024-25.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLANO ISD
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other schools in PLANO
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other Bowman Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bowman Middle. Bowman Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Bowman MiddleBakersville, NC · 189 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Elementary School0.1 mi · 407
- Head Start0.7 mi · 143
- Meadows Elementary School0.7 mi · 414
- Williams High School0.7 mi · 1,105
- Barron Elementary School0.8 mi · 343
- Mendenhall Elementary School0.9 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Bowman Middle SchoolHow large is Bowman Middle School?
Bowman Middle School enrolls approximately 859 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bowman Middle School serve?
Bowman Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bowman Middle School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Bowman Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bowman Middle School?
At Bowman Middle School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 53% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Bowman Middle School?
Bowman Middle School is overseen by PLANO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.