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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOOSE CREEK CISD·NCES 482115002115
James Bowie Elementary School
200 CLAYTON DR, BAYTOWN, TX 77520 · (281) 420-4605 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
529 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 18.0% | 28.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 James Bowie Elementary School
James Bowie Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Bowie Elementary School this school | 640 | 82.7% | 27.4% |
| Gilbert Willie Sr Elementary School TERRELL | 671 | 83.3% | 25.7% |
| Dr Bruce Wood Elementary School TERRELL | 655 | 80.6% | 29.6% |
| IDEA Achieve Academy HALTOM CITY | 585 | 82.1% | 29.0% |
| Anderson Elementary School SPRING | 635 | 79.2% | 27.8% |
| Reaves Elementary School CONROE | 672 | 79.2% | 56.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 James Bowie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,881 of 4,401 | #562 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,552 of 4,466 ▲ 204 | #530 of 625 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,250 of 4,466 ▲ 636 | #454 of 625 ▲ 101 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,619 of 3,998 | #416 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #1,323 of 4,938 | #301 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,117 of 4,622 | #412 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #1,682 of 4,628 | #219 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #1,757 of 4,789 | #387 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #787 of 2,838 | #154 of 441 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
640
-106 (-14%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 825
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 640 | 40.6 | 15.8:1 | 83% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 44.9 | 13.4:1 | 84% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 88% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 75% (563) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 54.8 | 15.5:1 | 75% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 55 | 15.2:1 | 73% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 902 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 79% (709) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 70% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 825 | 42 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Bowie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (851 to 640); teachers down 26% (54.8 to 40.6).
About James Bowie Elementary School
The public elementary school James Bowie Elementary School is located in BAYTOWN, Texas. Enrolled students number 640 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
The 34 schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD enroll 24,032 students altogether, James Bowie Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are the majority at James Bowie Elementary School, with 60% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 21% Black, 16% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Harris County, the Hispanic share is about 44%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.8:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Harris County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 38.4% at James Bowie Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.4%.
Federal survey data for Harris County show that the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
The closest public school to James Bowie Elementary School is Cedar Bayou Junior High School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 27.4% is below the 39.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 106 students since 2020-21, to 640. By 2024-25, the school had 15.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.1 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at James Bowie Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in BAYTOWN
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Cedar Bayou Junior High SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other James Bowie Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named James Bowie Elementary. James Bowie Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- James Bowie Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 317 students
- James Bowie Elementary SchoolSIMMS, TX · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Bayou Junior High School0.9 mi · 869
- Ashbel Smith Elementary School1.2 mi · 548
- Lamar Elementary School1.4 mi · 498
- Stuart Career Tech High School1.5 mi · 597
- Horace Mann Junior High School1.5 mi · 765
- De Zavala Elementary School1.5 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About James Bowie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at James Bowie Elementary School?
James Bowie Elementary School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does James Bowie Elementary School serve?
James Bowie Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at James Bowie Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at James Bowie Elementary School.
How diverse is James Bowie Elementary School?
James Bowie Elementary School reports a student body of 16% White, 60% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees James Bowie Elementary School?
James Bowie Elementary School is overseen by GOOSE CREEK CISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.