PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO

As an one-room-style four-year high school in AMARILLO, Texas, PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO hosts 250 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 69% smaller than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 41% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Randall County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Randall County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Randall County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,864 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Randall County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,668 students), of which PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO is one.

CROCKETT MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PREMIER H S OF AMARILLO has increased 24%, going from 202 students in 2018 to 250 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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