Premier H S - Corpus Christi

Size

Of the 46 high schools in Premier High Schools, Premier H S - Corpus Christi is the 15th largest, with 1.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 835 students, so Premier H S - Corpus Christi is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools. As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 10 with 43 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 25, against an average of 34 per grade. This year grade 12 has 19% fewer students than grade 9 (25 against 31). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 81.8% of enrollment, a higher share than across Premier High Schools (57.4%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

86.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 76.8% across Premier High Schools and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Premier H S - Corpus Christi has 6.34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 137 students would have about 9.8 teachers, so Premier H S - Corpus Christi has 3.5 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. Texasworks - Corpus Christi (in Texas Works) is listed at the same location. There are 13 high schools within 5 miles and 16 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.