📍 4020 Monterrey Oaks, San Marcos, Hays County, 78666
Bowie el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Marcos, Hays County. The school has 479 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jessica Berry. It is part of the San Marcos Cisd school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bowie el enrolls 479 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 15% White and 2.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 382 | 80% |
| White | 72 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.7% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
357 of the school's 479 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 345 qualify for free lunch and 12 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 an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 21, state house district 45.
Bowie el is one of 11 schools in SAN MARCOS CISD, based in SAN MARCOS, Texas. The district serves 8,222 students district-wide and employs 584 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 479 students, Bowie el is smaller than the district average of about 747 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small