PREMIER H S - DESOTO

Located at 929 W BELT LINE RD, in DESOTO, Texas, PREMIER H S - DESOTO is a tiny four-year high school that instructs 72 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS. That puts it 91% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 7,966 students. PREMIER H S - DESOTO is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PREMIER H S - DESOTO logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 36% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, PREMIER H S - DESOTO shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which PREMIER H S - DESOTO is one.

Nearest neighbor: TEXASWORKS - DESOTO, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PREMIER H S - DESOTO.

The school occupies an outer-ring site. As a public charter, PREMIER H S - DESOTO runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.