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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
1,473
Middle
DISTRICT 1,216 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT BEND ISD·NCES 481965012214
James Bowie Middle School
700 PLANTATION DR, RICHMOND, TX 77406 · (281) 327-6200 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,473 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
537 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 487 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 472 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 514 | 35% |
Student demographics
78%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
Students here typically continue to
James Bowie Middle School→William B Travis High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from FORT BEND ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 28.0% | 15.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 75.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 51.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Middle School
James Bowie Middle School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Bowie Middle School this school | 1,473 | 36.5% | 60.6% |
| Anthony Middle School CYRESS | 1,442 | 36.3% | 62.2% |
| Billy Baines Middle School MISSOURI CITY | 1,383 | 36.1% | 51.4% |
| Briscoe JH RICHMOND | 2,003 | 35.3% | 64.9% |
| Spillane Middle School CYPRESS | 1,436 | 30.9% | 72.3% |
| Reading JH RICHMOND | 1,603 | 29.1% | 68.8% |
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 James Bowie Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #236 of 1,635 | #17 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #336 of 1,670 ▼ 29 | #18 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #191 of 1,670 ▲ 54 | #14 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #672 of 1,570 | #10 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,473 | #30 of 1,749 | #10 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,404 of 1,542 | #24 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.6% | #2 of 1,543 | #1 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #1,378 of 1,648 | #19 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #187 of 437 | #12 of 16 |
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
1,473
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 1,473 | 83 | 17.8:1 | 36% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 1,472 | 84.6 | 17.4:1 | 37% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 1,639 | 88 | 18.6:1 | 41% (671) |
| 2020-21 | 1,482 | 84 | 17.6:1 | 34% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 1,283 | 67.7 | 19.0:1 | 25% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 1,151 | 61 | 18.9:1 | 18% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Bowie Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (1,283 to 1,473); teachers up 23% (67.7 to 83).
About James Bowie Middle School
James Bowie Middle School, a large middle school, is located in RICHMOND, Texas. It enrolled 1,473 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students each.
FORT BEND ISD runs 83 schools with a combined 79,663 students. James Bowie Middle School is one of them.
The most common group at James Bowie Middle School is Black students, at 26%. The school is also 24% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 78%, meaning two students picked at random have a 78% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 17.8 students per teacher and 83 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.4 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 36%.
James Bowie Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, James Bowie Middle School would be expected to post about 58.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.6%.
Fort Bend County census figures show that the median household income is $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 217 public schools in Fort Bend County, enrolling about 191,372 students in all.
Stephen F Austin Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of James Bowie Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 60.6% is above the 56.3% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, James Bowie Middle School enrolled 1,482; in 2024-25, 1,473.
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Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT BEND ISD
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Lawrence E Elkins High SchoolHigh · 2,848 students
- Ridge Point High SchoolHigh · 2,816 students
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
Other schools in RICHMOND
- William B Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,114 students
- Foster High SchoolHigh · 2,747 students
- George Bush High SchoolHigh · 2,428 students
- George Ranch High SchoolHigh · 2,337 students
- Briscoe JHMiddle · 2,003 students
- Dr Thomas E Randle High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
Other James Bowie Middle schools
One other US public school is named James Bowie Middle. James Bowie Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- James Bowie Middle SchoolSIMMS, TX · 115 students
Nearby schools
- Stephen F Austin Elementary School1.2 mi · 468
- Malala Yousafzai1.3 mi · 1,118
- Pecan Grove Elementary School1.7 mi · 639
- James C Neill Elementary School1.7 mi · 1,253
- Iltexas Richmond Middle School1.9 mi · 227
- Iltexas Richmond Elementary School1.9 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About James Bowie Middle SchoolHow large is James Bowie Middle School?
James Bowie Middle School enrolls approximately 1,473 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does James Bowie Middle School serve?
James Bowie Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Bowie Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Bowie Middle School is approximately 17.8:1 (83 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at James Bowie Middle School?
At James Bowie Middle School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 24% Hispanic, 26% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is James Bowie Middle School public or private?
James Bowie Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT BEND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.