Premier H S of Dayton

Size

Of the 46 high schools in Premier High Schools, Premier H S of Dayton is the 23rd largest, with 1.4% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 11.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,420; Premier H S of Dayton 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 12 with 36 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 20, against an average of 28 per grade. This year grade 12 has 80% more students than grade 9 (36 against 20). 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

The largest group is White students: 72.3% here and 26.8% across Premier High Schools. Hispanic students are next, at 19.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

54.5% of its students are eligible 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

With 6.34 full-time-equivalent teachers for 112 students, Premier H S of Dayton has 17.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 112 students would have about 8 teachers, so Premier H S of Dayton has 1.7 fewer.

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

Location

Premier H S of Dayton is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, distant. The nearest other high school is Hargrave High School, 3.9 miles away in Huffman ISD. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 1 of them within 5 miles.

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