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Bowie MS

Ector County · Region 18: Midland · 852 students

Current score
82/1002025-26
Change
+13 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+4.2 ptsvs 77.8 average · 2,174 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
757 of 2,174tied with 96 others
B82

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 66 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.8 average for 2,174 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 6 points

76 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 4.2 points above the 77.8 average among 2,174 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Closing the Gaps rose 9 points

73 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 7.1 points above the 74.9 average among 1,991 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

82 +3 pts vs 79

  • 82 is 3 points above the 79 average among 2,005 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 MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 82 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.8 average for 2,174 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 13 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 757th of 2,174 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 96 others).

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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
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageBowie MS 6965717682 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 Not Rated with 66 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
2025-26B8277.8 2,174 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7677.4 2,162 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7174.9 2,148 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6575.4 2,131 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6981.7 2,110 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 Achievement71 C−1.6 vs similar economic context · 2,012 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+3.0 vs similar economic context · 2,005 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps82 B+7.1 vs similar economic context · 1,991 reporting
  • Academic Growth82 B+9.8 vs similar economic context · 1,957 reporting
  • Relative Performance79 C+1.6 vs similar economic context · 2,005 reporting
  • Bowie MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,174 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement71C9
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps82B8
Academic Growth82B8
Relative Performance79C1

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 8 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%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (82), so Student Achievement (71) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level66%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,012 reporting
  • Meets grade level39%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,012 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,012 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%±0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level76%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 reporting
  • Masters grade level12%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,000 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 reporting
  • Meets grade level29%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,859 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level30%−37 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 812 reporting
  • Meets grade level6%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 812 reporting
  • Masters grade level1%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 812 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,174 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
852
Economically disadvantaged
79.8%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
24.4%−4.4 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.5%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
91.9%−1.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
30.0%+9.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Bowie MS

African American: 2.8%Hispanic: 86%White: 8.8%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 0.8%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 1.1%
  • African American 2.8%
  • Hispanic 86%
  • White 8.8%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 0.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 1.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,174 reporting for every category shown · 2,174 in full cohort

African American: 14%Hispanic: 67.4%White: 13.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.7%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 2.6%
  • African American 14%
  • Hispanic 67.4%
  • White 13.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.7%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 2.6%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
852
Economically disadvantaged students
680
Emergent bilingual students
208
Special education students
158

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
159
Students in TEA mobility denominator
972
TEA-published mobility rate
16.4%

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 852 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 22 (2.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
852

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−22

Decrease · −2.5%

Change since 2021–22
−161

Decrease · −15.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
852
Selected comparison
630.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,145 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Bowie MS
School yearStudents enrolledBowie MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,013 First available year 654.2
2022–23 914 Decrease of 99 (9.8%) 657.7
2023–24 872 Decrease of 42 (4.6%) 651.8
2024–25 874 Increase of 2 (0.2%) 649
2025–26 852 Decrease of 22 (2.5%) 630.4

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
168

17.5% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
401

41.81 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
959

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
17.5%
Selected comparison
13.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,606 rated schools reporting

+4.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
41.81
Selected comparison
32.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,711 rated schools reporting

+9.2 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Bowie MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,271 239 18.8% 773 60.82 8.5% 16.9
2021–22 1,079 182 16.9% 397 36.79 12.9% 31.1
2022–23 1,017 238 23.4% 496 48.77 13.8% 34.3
2023–24 950 261 27.5% 647 68.11 13.7% 34.2
2024–25 959 168 17.5% 401 41.81 13.4% 32.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Bowie MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 168 17.5% 401 41.81 13.4% 32.6
In-school suspensions 34 3.5% 47 4.90 11.8% 23.6
Out-of-school suspensions 139 14.5% 291 30.34 8.2% 12.9
DAEP placements 44 4.6% 56 5.84 5.4% 6.5
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — 46 4.80 — 4.5
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — 10 1.04 — 3.9
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory expulsions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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$20k20182020202220242025
  • Bowie MS
  • Parent district: Ector County ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$10,234
Selected comparison
$13,056

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,161 rated schools reporting

−$2,822 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $10,234 per student for this campus, $13,905 per student for its parent district, Ector County 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 MSParent district: Ector County ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,545$8,820$13,054$8,121 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,045 rated schools reporting
2019$6,459$9,133$13,108$8,253 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,066 rated schools reporting
2020$7,454$9,712$14,058$8,765 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,082 rated schools reporting
2021$7,629$11,838$14,797$9,397 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,093 rated schools reporting
2022$10,946$12,512$15,708$10,821 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,111 rated schools reporting
2023$10,576$13,039$16,792$11,273 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,131 rated schools reporting
2024$13,587$13,842$18,125$12,268 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,147 rated schools reporting
2025$10,234$13,905$18,972$13,056 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,161 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
$67,380+$353 vs similar economic context
Teachers
60+16.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.2+0.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Bowie MS

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 40%6 to 10 years: 14.7%11 to 20 years: 16.9%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 5%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 40%
  • 6 to 10 years 14.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 16.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,174 reporting for every category shown · 2,174 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.8%1 to 5 years: 27.7%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 6.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Bowie MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classBowie MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 62017.8
Secondary English18.215.3
Secondary languages other than English36.918.2
Secondary math19.916.6
Secondary science18.117.8
Secondary social studies19.417.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 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 120 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.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

1 measure

  • 3of 41

    Per-student spending

    Ector County · of the 41 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 5of 38

    Academic Growth

    Ector County · of the 38 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 7of 38

    Math — Meets

    Ector County · of the 38 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 12

    Social Studies — Approaches

    Ector County · of the 12 that report this measure · tied with 1

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 068901043.