Gold Burg School, Bowie TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Gold Burg School

Gold Burg School is a small public school serving pre-kindergarten through grade twelve in Bowie, Montague County, in north central Texas. The school enrolls a small but mixed-age population, with about as many high school students as elementary students. Slightly more than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly White, with a meaningful Hispanic enrollment and smaller numbers of Black students and students of two or more races.

The most striking feature of Gold Burg's academic profile is that proficiency across state testing is very low. In math, only a tiny fraction of students meet proficiency standards across the elementary and middle grades tested; grade six showed zero proficiency. Reading proficiency fares somewhat better, with one middle grade reaching fifty percent, but this is not consistent across grades. Science and social studies proficiency are similarly thin. On the whole, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile among the county's districts. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, both to understand the student composition relative to county peers and whether there are active improvement efforts underway.

Gold Burg's small scale shapes daily life. Grade-to-grade enrollment runs from fewer than a dozen to roughly a dozen or so students, which means very personalized attention, mixed-age interaction, and close teacher-student relationships. It also means limited course breadth at the high school level. No data on specific course offerings or program pathways was available, and state testing data was not provided for high school grades, so it is difficult to characterize the secondary academic experience in detail. A parent considering this school would want to request information directly about course options, college-credit or career-pathway programs, and post-secondary outcomes.

The school's geographic and logistical context is straightforward. It sits on Prater Road on the edge of Bowie, a town of moderate size for rural Texas, with a compact historic downtown and a stable population around the current level for the past few decades. The district operates on a four-day week, Tuesday through Friday, a change made in 2022 to support teacher recruitment and retention. This is a lasting structural change that affects family scheduling and childcare planning and is worth factoring into the daily rhythm of school life.

Housing in the area is modestly priced relative to state and national mediums, and the local job market includes small manufacturing and ranching alongside agriculture and the school district itself. The community is not experiencing rapid growth, but there is civic investment in parks and public spaces.

The fundamental question for a parent or household is whether the school's size and engagement model fit your family's needs and whether you are confident in the school's capacity to build strong academic fundamentals, particularly in math. The data does not show strength in tested proficiency, and the school is small enough that course and program variety may be limited. At the same time, a small school can offer close relationships and individualized attention that some families actively seek. A direct conversation with the school about academic strategy, staffing, and available supports would be essential before enrollment.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

Not publicly reportedCohort of 5 students · Class of 2021

The federal source does not publish a graduation rate for cohorts this small. The cohort size is shown for context.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,779 schools plotted. 59 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 413%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 28 pts below state median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 28 pts below state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 34 pts below state median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 34 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 29 pts below state median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 27 pts below state median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 25 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 24 pts below state median

This schoolGOLD BURG ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income25%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income11%3 pp gap