PREMIER H S OF DAYTON

Set in DAYTON, Texas, PREMIER H S OF DAYTON is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, part of PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS. It educates 112 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

Within PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS, which oversees 49 schools and 7,966 students, PREMIER H S OF DAYTON is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PREMIER H S OF DAYTON records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PREMIER H S OF DAYTON higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Liberty County's rate of about 80%.

In the area at large, census data for Liberty County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,703 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Liberty County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students), PREMIER H S OF DAYTON is one campus in the mix.

HUFFMAN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. As a public charter, PREMIER H S OF DAYTON runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. PREMIER H S OF DAYTON's enrollment has climbed 51% since 2018, when it stood at 74 (now 112). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 26% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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