Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft)

Size

Of the 46 high schools in Premier High Schools, Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft) is the 13th largest, with 1.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2 miles away and have a median of 148 students, so Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft) is close to their typical size.

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 40 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 28, against an average of 35 per grade. This year grade 12 has 24% fewer students than grade 9 (28 against 37). 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 76.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Premier High Schools (57.4%). Black students are next, at 12.9%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

92.9% 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 - Lubbock (Briercroft) has 6.68 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 140 students would have about 10 teachers, so Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft) has 3.3 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 - Lubbock-Briercroft (in Texas Works) is listed at the same location. There are 11 high schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

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