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Bowie Elem

Dallas County · Region 10: Richardson · 656 students

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Current score
90/1002025-26
Change
±0 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−1.1 ptsvs 91.1 average · 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
414 of 631tied with 55 others
A90

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is flat; under the rules in force back then it scored 93 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 91.1 average for 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
75%vs 71% avg · +4 pts
Masters
44%vs 40.1% avg · +3.9 pts

Among 619 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

92 +4.6 pts vs 87.4

  • 92 is 4.6 points above the 87.4 average among 619 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Academic Growth above the similar-context average

92 +6.2 pts vs 85.8

  • 92 is 6.2 points above the 85.8 average among 616 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Bowie Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 90 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 91.1 average for 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is unchanged since 2021-22.

Ranks 414th of 631 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 55 others).

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBowie Elem 9093909190 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

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.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26A9091.1 631 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9191.5 622 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9090.5 606 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9391.0 588 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9091.5 578 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

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.

  • Student Achievement92 A−0.1 vs similar economic context · 621 reporting
  • School Progress92 A+4.6 vs similar economic context · 619 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps86 B−2.7 vs similar economic context · 617 reporting
  • Academic Growth92 A+6.2 vs similar economic context · 616 reporting
  • Relative Performance79 C+0.4 vs similar economic context · 619 reporting
  • Bowie Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (631 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress92A—
Closing the Gaps86B4
Academic Growth92A—
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level87%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Meets grade level73%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Masters grade level47%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Meets grade level78%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
  • Masters grade level55%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 621 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 619 reporting
  • Meets grade level75%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 619 reporting
  • Masters grade level44%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 619 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%−20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 582 reporting
  • Meets grade level43%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 582 reporting
  • Masters grade level24%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 582 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (631 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
656
Economically disadvantaged
12.2%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
5.8%−4.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
27.0%+11.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
96.7%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
2.6%−4.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Bowie Elem

African American: 3.5%Hispanic: 18.6%White: 67.5%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.5%Two or More Races: 6.6%
  • African American 3.5%
  • Hispanic 18.6%
  • White 67.5%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.5%
  • Two or More Races 6.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 631 reporting for every category shown · 631 in full cohort

African American: 6%Hispanic: 19.3%White: 48.2%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 20.3%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.7%
  • African American 6%
  • Hispanic 19.3%
  • White 48.2%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 20.3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
655
Economically disadvantaged students
80
Emergent bilingual students
38
Special education students
177

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
24
Students in TEA mobility denominator
497
TEA-published mobility rate
4.8%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 656 students in 2025–26, an increase of 12 (1.9%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
656

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+12

Increase · +1.9%

Change since 2021–22
−16

Decrease · −2.4%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
656
Selected comparison
863.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 627 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Bowie Elem
School yearStudents enrolledBowie ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 672 First available year 875.1
2022–23 650 Decrease of 22 (3.3%) 895.8
2023–24 640 Decrease of 10 (1.5%) 881
2024–25 644 Increase of 4 (0.6%) 873.8
2025–26 656 Increase of 12 (1.9%) 863.1

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
659

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Bowie Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 673 17 2.5% 26 3.86 3.9% 6.4
2021–22 689 17 2.5% 34 4.93 5.3% 9.3
2022–23 675 11 1.6% 27 4.00 5.6% 9.5
2023–24 650 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 659 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Bowie Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$21k20182020202220242025
  • Bowie Elem
  • Parent district: Richardson ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$9,129
Selected comparison
$10,835

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 622 rated schools reporting

−$1,706 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $9,129 per student for this campus, $18,058 per student for its parent district, Richardson ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearBowie ElemParent district: Richardson ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,820$13,362$13,054$7,290 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 528 rated schools reporting
2019$6,795$14,350$13,108$7,395 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 545 rated schools reporting
2020$7,497$14,083$14,058$7,707 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 558 rated schools reporting
2021$7,934$14,192$14,797$8,278 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 568 rated schools reporting
2022$10,107$17,047$15,708$9,447 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 579 rated schools reporting
2023$11,170$19,884$16,792$9,607 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 588 rated schools reporting
2024$9,049$19,167$18,125$10,603 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 607 rated schools reporting
2025$9,129$18,058$18,972$10,835 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 622 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$71,766+$2,519 vs similar economic context
Teachers
46−10.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.3−0.6 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Bowie Elem

Beginning: 4.6%1 to 5 years: 30.9%6 to 10 years: 14.2%11 to 20 years: 36.5%21 to 30 years: 13.8%
  • Beginning 4.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 30.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 14.2%
  • 11 to 20 years 36.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 13.8%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 631 reporting for every category shown · 631 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.2%1 to 5 years: 23.6%6 to 10 years: 19.9%11 to 20 years: 32.4%21 to 30 years: 16.8%Over 30 years: 2.7%
  • Beginning 4.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 32.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.8%
  • Over 30 years 2.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Bowie Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBowie Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten20.518.9
Grade 118.819.1
Grade 221.319.6
Grade 320.721.3
Grade 422.120.4
Grade 526.722.2
Grade 624.219.2
Secondary math218.6

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 8 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

6 measures

  • 13of 552

    Chronically absent (lowest is best)

    Dallas County · of the 552 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 31of 552

    Attendance

    Dallas County · of the 552 that report this measure · tied with 5

  • 147of 4,323

    Academic Growth

    Similar size · of the 4,323 that report this measure · tied with 82

  • 218of 4,365

    Reading — Masters

    Similar size · of the 4,365 that report this measure · tied with 26

  • 383of 7,227

    Math — Masters

    Texas average · of the 7,227 that report this measure · tied with 35

  • 385of 7,260

    All Subjects — Masters

    Texas average · of the 7,260 that report this measure · tied with 36

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 057916122.