📍 1800 Bowie Dr, Corsicana, Navarro County, 75110
Bowie el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Corsicana, Navarro County. The school has 534 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Ward. It is part of the Corsicana Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 41% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bowie el enrolls 534 students across grades K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 219 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 185 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 5.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 19 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 534 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 352 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bowie el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-60, state senate district 22, state house district 8.
Bowie el is one of 8 schools in CORSICANA ISD, based in CORSICANA, Texas. The district serves 5,998 students district-wide and employs 408 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 534 students, Bowie el is smaller than the district average of about 750 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant