Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

James Bowie Middle, Richmond, TX

James Bowie Middle is a public middle school in Richmond, part of Fort Bend ISD. It enrolled 1,473 students in 2024-25, with 18.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JAMES BOWIE MIDDLE".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,473
Teachers (FTE): 82.0
Students per teacher: 18.0
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.0 higher than the district figure of 16.0. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.0

District16.0

Texas15.1

United States15.3

School details

Address: 700 Plantation Dr, Richmond, TX 77406
Phone: (281)327-6200
District: Fort Bend ISD
County: Fort Bend County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 481965012214

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 448
Reduced-price lunch: 89
Free or reduced-price lunch: 53736.5% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Fort Bend ISD

Ronald Thornton Middle 1,760 students
Fort Settlement Middle 1,504 students
Macario Garcia Middle 1,443 students
Billy Baines Middle 1,383 students
Sartartia Middle 1,365 students
First Colony Middle 1,270 students
David Crockett Middle 1,268 students
Dulles Middle 1,254 students
Lake Olympia Middle 1,078 students
Quail Valley Middle 1,002 students
Sugar Land Middle 936 students
Missouri City Middle 933 students

Middle schools elsewhere in Richmond

Briscoe Jh Lamar CISD
Reading Jh Lamar CISD
Harry Wright Jh Lamar CISD
Iltexas Richmond Middle International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.