Regular local school district · Bowie County
Simms ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Simms ISD runs 3 public schools with 480 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.2 students per teacher is 4.9 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "SIMMS ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 480
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7497 US Hwy 67 W, Simms, TX 75574
- Phone
- (903)543-2219
- County
- Bowie County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4840320
- State district ID
- TX-019909
- Total staff (FTE)
- 87
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 480 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.2
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (483), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $7.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $5.0 million
- Local revenue
- $1.6 million
- Total spending
- $6.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,609
- Salaries
- $3.9 million63.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.6%
- State: 63.9%
- Local: 20.6%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,609
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Simms ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| James Bowie Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 212 | 12.5 |
| James Bowie High School | High | 9 to 12 | 153 | 8.5 |
| James Bowie Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 115 | 9.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bowie County
- Texarkana ISD 7,269 students
- Pleasant Grove ISD 2,366 students
- Liberty-Eylau ISD 1,937 students
- New Boston ISD 1,108 students
- Redwater ISD 1,103 students
- Hooks ISD 914 students
- Dekalb ISD 898 students
- Red Lick ISD 504 students
- Maud ISD 450 students
- Malta ISD 223 students
- Leary ISD 119 students
- Hubbard ISD 64 students
More in Texas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.