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James Bowie High School Profile 2009 - 2010

                                       
James Bowie High School:
Located on 60 acres in southwest Travis County, James Bowie High School serves over 2800 students in grades 9 through 12. Since opening in the fall of 1988, it is the largest of Austin Independent School District's High Schools with 200 faculty and staff members in 160 classrooms and labs. Bowie is a comprehensive, public high school offering college preparatory classes, Advanced Placement coursework, foreign languages, fine arts, Air Force JROTC, numerous athletics programs, and career and technology programs--including Culinary Arts, Hotel/Resort Management, Agricultural Science, and Computer Technology. Texas Monthly magazine ranked Bowie as a 5-star school, and the school has received numerous Gold Performance and Recognized School Awards from the Texas Education Agency.

 

CAMPUS INFORMATION

James Bowie High School is located at 4103 Slaughter Lane, Austin Texas 78749.
Our phone number is 512-414-5247. The map below shows our location in Austin.

VISITING BOWIE

Visitors should check in at the main office and recieve a visitors tag before entering the main campus. Please use the visitor parking spaces provided in the front parking lot for your car. Welcome to James Bowie High School.

VOLUNTEERS

If you would like to volunteer at Bowie High School you should call the main office and ask for the volunteer coordinator.

 

School Characteristics

  • School Characteristics:
    Total Enrollment:  2,850
    Percent Attending College: 82% enrolled; 48% 4-year institutions, 34% 2-year and technical schools
    2002 “Exemplary” School of Excellence and “Gold Performance Acknowledgements” by Texas Education Agency
    2002 “5 Star High School” by Texas Monthly & National Center for Educational Accountability
    2004 “Recognized High School” and “Gold Performance Acknowledgements” by Texas Education Agency
    2005 “Gold Performance Acknowledgements” by Texas Education Agency
    2006 “Gold Performance Acknowledgements” by Texas Education Agency
    2007 “Gold Performance Acknowledgements” by Texas Education Agency
    2008 “Recognized High School” and “Gold Performance Acknowledgements” by Texas Education Agency

  • Faculty Awards Include: National Tandy Technology Award Winner; Presidential Teaching Award Recipient; Tracor Teacher of the Year Award; Texas German Teacher of the Year; AISD High School Teacher of the Year; National Forensic League Diamond Coach Award; Milken Educator Award, Nationally Certified Teachers (5)

  • Student Awards Include: International Science Fair Winner; Presidential Point of Light; National Grammy All-Star, Robertson Scholars, McDermott Scholars, Minnie Stevens Piper Recipients and numerous others.

     

  • Nationally Recognized Programs: Bowie Silver Stars Dance Team; The Starlight Theatre’s Theatre Production Company; Bowie High School Outdoor Performing Ensemble; AP Studio Art Program; The Lone Star Dispatch student newspaper.

Statistical Profile

2008 SAT Scores:

Bowie Mean: Verbal: 537 Math: 577 Writing: 525
Texas Mean: Verbal: 486 Math: 506 Writing: 475

 

AP Scores: 499 students took 1073 exams in 24 subjects. 64% scored a 3 or above
ACT Scores:
Bowie Composite: 23.7

Class of 2010: Class size: 622
National Merit Semi-Finalists: 7
National Merit Commended Scholars: 16
National Hispanic Scholars: 10

Class of 2009:                      Class size: 632
National Merit Semi-Finalists: 3                          
National Merit Commended Scholars: 20
                                                National Hispanic Scholars: 7
                                                National Hispanic Honorable Mention: 3
                                                National Achievement Scholars: 1
                                                National Achievement Program Outstanding: 3

2009 Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Exit Level Passing Rate:  ELA 97%, Math 91%, SS 99%, Science 92%
Grade Distribution for Class of 2009:                             Top 10%               3.9962 and above                               2nd Quartile          2.9109 – 3.4696
 (As of May 2008)                                                               1st Quartile           3.4755 – 3.9885                  3rd Quartile           2.2432 – 2.9047
4th Quartile           2.2378 and below

Grade Point Average and Class Rank for Austin I.S.D. and Bowie High School

Each student's class rank is determined by his/her cumulative grade point average. This is the grade point scale used for computing rank in class:

Academic course grades have the following numerical values:

100 = 4.0
99 = 3.9 94 = 3.4 89 = 2.9 84 = 2.4 79 = 1.9 74 = 1.4
98 = 3.8 93 = 3.3 88 = 2.8 83 = 2.3 78 = 1.8 73 = 1.3
97 = 3.7 92 = 3.2 87 = 2.7 82 = 2.2 77 = 1.7 72 = 1.2
96 = 3.6 91 = 3.1 86 = 2.6 81 = 2.1 76 = 1.6 71 = 1.1
95 = 3.5 90 = 3.0 85 = 2.5 80 = 2.0 75 = 1.5 70 = 1.0

AP & Pre AP/Honors course grades have the following numerical values:

100 = 5.0
99 = 4.9 94 = 4.4 89 = 3.9 84 = 3.4 79 = 2.9 74 = 2.4
98 = 4.8 93 = 4.3 88 = 3.8 83 = 3.3 78 = 2.8 73 = 2.3
97 = 4.7 92 = 4.2 87 = 3.7 82 = 3.2 77 = 2.7 72 = 2.2
96 = 4.6 91 = 4.1 86 = 3.6 81 = 3.1 76 = 2.6 71 = 2.1
95 = 4.5 90 = 4.0 85 = 3.5 80 = 3.0 75 = 2.5 70 = 2.0

* The grades that appear on the transcript are the actual grades received and do not reflect any weighting.

* AP and Honors grades are weighted only to compute cumulative GPA. Class ranking is weighted.

Advanced Placement and Pre-AP / Honors Courses

There are 22 Advanced Placement Courses taught at Bowie:

AP English 3 & 4 AP Biology AP Calculus AB AP Art History
AP French Language AP Chemistry AP Calculus BC AP Studio Art Drawing
AP French Literature AP Physics AP Statistics AP Music Theory
AP German AP Environmental Science AP US History
AP Latin AP Computer Science AP Government
AP Spanish Language AP Psychology AP Macro Economics

There are approximately 50 Pre AP/Honors Courses taught at Bowie:

English I Biology I World Geography Algebra I
English 2 Chemistry World History Algebra 2
Creative Writing Physics Government Geometry
Foreign Languages Level 3 Integrated Physics & Chemistry Economics/Free Enterprise Pre-Calculus
Foreign Languages Level 4 Medical Microbiology
Fine Arts Physiology/Anatomy
Pathophysiology

Underclassman are required to take seven classes. Upperclassmen must take a minimum of five classes.

 

 

Bowie Graduates Currently in Attendance
at the Following Colleges:
Art Institute of Chicago Rhodes College United States Naval Academy
Austin College Rice University United States Military Academy (West Point)
Baylor University St. Edward's University University of California Berkeley
Boston College Saint Mary's University University of Chicago
Boston University Sam Houston State University University of Houston
Brandeis University Southern Methodist University University of Michigan
Carnegie Mellon University Southwestern University UNC Chapel Hill
Colorado School of Mines Stanford University University of North Texas
Georgetown University Stephen F. Austin State University University of Notre Dame
Georgia Institute of Technology Texas A & M University University of Southern California
Johnson & Wales University Texas State University University of Texas at Austin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Texas Tech University University of Texas at Dallas
Northwestern University Texas Women's University Vanderbilt University
Oklahoma University The College of William & Mary Washington University at St. Louis
Pennsylvania State University Trinity University Wesleyan College

Contact Information

Bowie High School
4103 Slaughter Lane
Austin, Texas 78749
Phone: (512) 414-5247
Fax: (512) 292-0527

CEEB School Code: 440331

www.jbhs.org

 

James Bowie High School Has the Finest Faculty Ever Assembled. To visit the teacher's Web pages and find out more information about the classes that they teach, go to the About Bowie link, click on the Faculty and Staff Link and a complete list of the entire Bowie faculty and staff will appear. Find the name of the person you are looking for and then you can email them or view their Web pages by clicking on their links

PSTA NEWSLETTER

James Bowie High School has a very active and involved parent, student, and teacher association. The PTSA provides a newsleeter that is packed full of useful information about booster club activities, sporting events, clubs and organizations, and other useful information. To access their newsletter, you can click on http://www.bowieptsa.org and select the link for the PTSA newsletter for more information.