Premier H S of Waco

Size

Of the 46 high schools in Premier High Schools, Premier H S of Waco is the 16th largest, with 1.6% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 162; Premier H S of Waco 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 44 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 24, against an average of 32 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 24 in grade 9 and 26 in grade 12.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 54.7% here and 57.4% across Premier High Schools. White students are next, at 24.2%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

84.4% 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. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

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 128 students, Premier H S of Waco has 20.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 128 students would have about 9.1 teachers, so Premier H S of Waco has 2.8 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 Waco is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people, which NCES calls city, midsize. The nearest other high school is Waco Center for Youth, 1 miles away in Axtell ISD. Within 10 miles there are 15 other high schools, 8 of them within 5 miles.

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