JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE

JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE operates as a big middle-grades school in RICHMOND, Texas, part of FORT BEND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,473 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 129% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

FORT BEND ISD runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 79,663 students. JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Black at 26%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 24% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE lists 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 61.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE has grew 15%, going from 1,283 students in 2018 to 1,473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 31% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.