Bowie High School (Arlington, Texas)
James Bowie High School is a public high school in Arlington, Texas, part of the Arlington Independent School District. It serves grades 9–12 in southeast Arlington and southwest Grand Prairie. The school opened in 1973 to relieve Sam Houston High School. The original Bowie building became Workman Junior High in 1983, and Bowie moved to its current campus on Highbank Drive in 1991.
Bowie competes in UIL Class 6A for athletics. Its colors are royal blue, white, and orange, and the mascot is the Volunteers. The school motto is “Cross the Line” (also seen as BBAW). The principal is Lee Jones. The school has about 158 full-time teaching staff and around 2,355 students enrolled for the 2023–24 school year, with a student-teacher ratio of about 14.9 to 1.
Bowie offers the International Baccalaureate program (since 2006) and a wide range of Advanced Placement courses, including Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English, European History, Government, Physics, Psychology, and more. Dual-credit courses are available through Tarrant County College SE Campus and UT Arlington.
The school has rivalries with Sam Houston High School and Martin High School.
In April 2024, Bowie High was placed on lockdown after a shooting near the school’s portable buildings. A student was injured and died later; a 17-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with murder.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 12:40 (CET).