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Bowie High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
15200 Annapolis Rd
Bowie, MD 20715
Phone
(301) 805-2600
District
Prince George's County Public Schools
County
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2534
Classroom Teachers
130

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.6% of all MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Bowie High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
35%
28%
60%
48%
10%
8%
35%
28%
60%
48%
10%
8%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 689 27.2%
Grade 10 677 26.7%
Grade 11 605 23.9%
Grade 12 563 22.2%
Total 2534 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 8.2% 4.0% 35.2%
Black 66.6% 52.0% 34.2%
Hispanic 21.2% 40.6% 23.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.3% 2.8% 7.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 51.7% 72.1% 50.7%
Free lunch eligible 43.9% 64.1% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.9% 8.0% 4.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 955,584 6,180,253
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,980.1 631
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.6% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 344,586 2,339,510
Single Parent Households With Children 10.5% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.7% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.1% 42.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.0% 31.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.4% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.2% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.9% 10.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.7% 6.9%
$15,000 or less 6.4% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,545 $1,515,969,000 54.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,130 $148,327,000 5.3%
Staff $726 $95,301,000 3.4%
General Administration $260 $34,130,000 1.2%
School Administration $1,231 $161,599,000 5.8%
Operation $1,852 $243,196,000 8.7%
Transportation $1,023 $134,314,000 4.8%
Other $519 $68,088,000 2.4%
Total Support $6,739 $884,955,000 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,046 $399,929,000 14.3%
Total Expenditures $21,330 $2,800,853,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,551 $9,390,931,000 57.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $828 $736,660,000 4.5%
Staff $800 $712,286,000 4.3%
General Administration $116 $103,436,000 0.6%
School Administration $1,092 $972,050,000 5.9%
Operation $1,442 $1,283,316,000 7.8%
Transportation $691 $614,844,000 3.7%
Other $439 $391,069,000 2.4%
Total Support $5,408 $4,813,661,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,533 $2,254,097,000 13.7%
Total Expenditures $18,492 $16,458,689,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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