Bowie High School (El Paso, Texas)

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Bowie High School
Location
801 S. San Marcial Street El Paso, Texas 79905 United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Once A Bear, Always a Bear
Established	1927
Principal	Francisco Ordaz
Staff	94.77 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,386 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.62[1]
Color(s)	Royal blue and white
Mascot	Bear
Website	www.episd.org/bowie

Bowie High School is one of the oldest operating high schools in El Paso, Texas and is part of the El Paso Independent School District. It is located in the Chamizal neighborhood in the South Central part of the city next to the border with Mexico, not far from the Bridge of the Americas linking El Paso with Ciudad Juarez, across San Marcial Street from Chamizal National Memorial.

Bowie High serves Downtown El Paso and the western half of South Central (also known as South) El Paso; its attendance zone is roughly defined by Interstate 10 on the north, the Rio Grande on the south and west, and Luna Street on the east. It is fed by Guillen Middle School and the elementary schools in its feeder pattern include Aoy, Beall, Douglass, and Hart. Bowie High also hosts a magnet program for business and international relations, International Business Academy, which opened in 2003 and draws students from throughout the district. It was named for Texas Revolution hero and Alamo defender James Bowie. Bowie's main rival is Jefferson High School.