📍 500 W 21st St, Odessa, Ector County, 79761
Bowie Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Odessa, Ector County. The school has 914 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amy Russell. It is part of the Ector County Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bowie Middle enrolls 914 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 3.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 756 | 83% |
| White | 98 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 3.7% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
676 of the school's 914 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 660 qualify for free lunch and 16 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 Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 81.
Bowie Middle is one of 46 schools in ECTOR COUNTY ISD, based in ODESSA, Texas. The district serves 33,663 students district-wide and employs 1,834 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 914 students, Bowie Middle is larger than the district average of about 732 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize