Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
At the time, Bowie County had the 55th largest enrollment in the state.
Data also showed that white students made up 48.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Bowie County schools, followed by Black students at 30%, Hispanic students at 12.5%, Asian students at 1%, American Indian students at 0.4%, Pacific Islander students at 0.1% and multiracial students at 7.1%.
Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school district. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.
“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2022-23 | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Elementary School | 584 | 547 | -6.3% |
| Dekalb Elementary School | 321 | 366 | 14% |
| Dekalb High School | 272 | 278 | 2.2% |
| Dekalb Middle School | 235 | 257 | 9.4% |
| Eschool Prep | 227 | 411 | 81.1% |
| Highland Park Elementary School | 364 | 403 | 10.7% |
| Hooks Elementary School | 317 | 318 | 0.3% |
| Hooks High School | 319 | 309 | -3.1% |
| Hooks Junior High School | 284 | 263 | -7.4% |
| Hubbard ISD | 77 | 67 | -13% |
| James Bowie Elementary School | 212 | 221 | 4.2% |
| James Bowie High School | 140 | 154 | 10% |
| James Bowie Middle School | 132 | 130 | -1.5% |
| Leary Elementary School | 93 | 120 | 29% |
| Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center | 323 | 296 | -8.4% |
| Liberty-Eylau Elementary School | 575 | 571 | -0.7% |
| Liberty-Eylau High School | 532 | 536 | 0.8% |
| Liberty-Eylau Middle School | 573 | 582 | 1.6% |
| Malta Elementary School | 220 | 212 | -3.6% |
| Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School | 530 | 509 | -4% |
| Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School | 358 | 360 | 0.6% |
| Maud School | 476 | 456 | -4.2% |
| Nash Elementary School | 677 | 656 | -3.1% |
| New Boston High School | 321 | 343 | 6.9% |
| New Boston Middle School | 249 | 252 | 1.2% |
| Options | 69 | 69 | 0% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center | 296 | 304 | 2.7% |
| Pleasant Grove High School | 796 | 753 | -5.4% |
| Pleasant Grove Intermediate School | 483 | 483 | 0% |
| Pleasant Grove Middle School | 501 | 529 | 5.6% |
| Premier High School of Texarkana | 142 | 129 | -9.2% |
| Red Lick Elementary School | 306 | 297 | -2.9% |
| Red Lick Middle School | 221 | 222 | 0.5% |
| Redwater Elementary School | 313 | 338 | 8% |
| Redwater High School | 339 | 351 | 3.5% |
| Redwater Junior High School | 180 | 169 | -6.1% |
| Redwater Middle School | 227 | 251 | 10.6% |
| Spring Lake Park Elementary School | 408 | 374 | -8.3% |
| Texas High School | 1,719 | 1,762 | 2.5% |
| Texas Middle School | 1,413 | 1,361 | -3.7% |
| Theron Jones Early Literacy Center | 386 | 339 | -12.2% |
| Waggoner Creek Elementary School | 338 | 347 | 2.7% |
| Wake Village Elementary School | 579 | 548 | -5.4% |
| Westlawn Elementary School | 346 | 342 | -1.2% |
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