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Bowie Elem
Cameron County · Region 01: Edinburg · 351 students
Bowie Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 91 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.6 average of the 2,114 schools serving a similar share of economically disadvantaged students, and above the statewide average of 81.3. It is down 7 points since 2021-22 — both years scored under TEA's current rules, since TEA rewrote them in 2023; under the rules in force back then it scored 93.
Ranks 1,157th of 7,646 Texas schools (tied with 413 others), and 91st of 505 in Region 01: Edinburg (tied with 51 others).
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5 years of ratings
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 93 that year.
| Year | Rating | Score | Similar | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 91 | 77.6 | 81.3 |
| 2024-25 | A | 92 | 77.3 | 81.2 |
| 2023-24 | A | 91 | 73.8 | 78.9 |
| 2022-23 | A | 91 | 73.4 | 79.1 |
| 2021-22 | A | 98 | 81.8 | 83.7 |
How this school's change over time is ranked
TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Bowie Elem itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this school's own row.
Texas schools
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Bowie Elem
- Similar student population (2,114)
- Region 01: Edinburg (505)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 90 | A | — |
| School Progress | 92 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 90 | A | — |
| Academic Growth | 89 | B | 1 |
| Relative Performance | 92 | A | — |
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (92), so Student Achievement (90) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 92.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar student population (2,114)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (2,114 schools) — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 351
- Economically disadvantaged
- 92.3%+1.3 pts vs similar
- English learners
- 19.1%−21.5 pts vs similar
- Special education
- 13.4%−4.3 pts vs similar
- Attendance
- 94.3%+1.3 pts vs similar
- Chronically absent
- 13.9%−9.2 pts vs similar
Student demographics
- Hispanic 96%
- White 2.8%
- Two or More Races 1.1%
Spending per student
Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.
- Bowie Elem
- TEA peer group
- Texas average
TEA's published file does not include peer-group spending for this entity, so no comparison is shown.
Not reported by TEA for this entity: peer.
Teachers
- Average salary
- $67,936−$336 vs similar
- Teachers
- 21
- Students per staff member
- 16.8
Teaching experience
- 1 to 5 years 19.7%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 34.1%
- 21 to 30 years 24%
- Over 30 years 2.9%
Where this school ranks best
Out of 88 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
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4of 124
Science — Masters
Cameron County · of the 124 that report this measure
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6of 124
Science — Meets
Cameron County · of the 124 that report this measure · tied with 1
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22of 490
Science — Masters
Region 01: Edinburg · of the 490 that report this measure · tied with 3
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24of 1,858
Science — Masters
Similar student population · of the 1,858 that report this measure · tied with 2
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37of 1,858
Science — Meets
Similar student population · of the 1,858 that report this measure · tied with 1
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42of 1,963
All Subjects — Meets
Similar student population · of the 1,963 that report this measure · tied with 4
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45of 1,963
All Subjects — Masters
Similar student population · of the 1,963 that report this measure · tied with 9
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48of 1,963
Math — Meets
Similar student population · of the 1,963 that report this measure · tied with 5
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59of 1,959
Relative Performance
Similar student population · of the 1,959 that report this measure · tied with 34
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65of 1,963
Reading — Masters
Similar student population · of the 1,963 that report this measure · tied with 12
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66of 1,963
Student Achievement
Similar student population · of the 1,963 that report this measure · tied with 19
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67of 1,963
Reading — Meets
Similar student population · of the 1,963 that report this measure · tied with 9
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this campus ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.
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