Premier H S of Weslaco

Size

Premier H S of Weslaco is the 24th largest of Premier High Schools' 46 high schools; its 112 students are 1.4% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 1.2 miles away and have a median of 142 students, so Premier H S of Weslaco 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 31 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 25, against an average of 28 per grade. This year grade 12 has 15% more students than grade 9 (31 against 27). 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

All of its students are reported as Hispanic.

95.5% 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. 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

Premier H S of Weslaco has 4.41 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.4 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 Weslaco has 3.6 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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. Texasworks - Weslaco (in Texas Works) is listed at the same location. There are 16 high schools within 5 miles and 26 within 10 miles.

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