Premier H S of Amarillo

Size

Of the 46 high schools in Premier High Schools, Premier H S of Amarillo is the 2nd largest, with 3.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.6 miles away and have a median of 1,538 students, so Premier H S of Amarillo 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 11 with 76 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 45, against an average of 63 per grade. This year grade 12 has 27% fewer students than grade 9 (45 against 62). 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 41.6% of enrollment, a lower share than across Premier High Schools (57.4%). White students are next, at 40.8%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

59.2% 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 of Amarillo has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 250 students would have about 17.9 teachers, so Premier H S of Amarillo has 3.9 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, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Tascosa High School, 0.9 miles away in Amarillo ISD. There are 8 high schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

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