JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE

JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE, a tiny 6-8 campus in SIMMS, Texas, overseen by SIMMS ISD, serves 115 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 643.

JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by SIMMS ISD, a district that hosts 480 students overall.

In terms of who attends, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Bowie County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bowie County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 45.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bowie County indicate median household income runs about $59,803, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students).

JAMES BOWIE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 119 students in 2018 compared to 115 in 2025.

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