PREMIER H S OF TYLER

PREMIER H S OF TYLER, an one-room-style 9-12 campus in TYLER, Texas, overseen by PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS, teaches 38 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 95% leaner than typical.

PREMIER H S OF TYLER is one of 49 schools operated by PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS, a district that hosts 7,966 students overall.

Demographically, PREMIER H S OF TYLER records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 18% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Smith County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PREMIER H S OF TYLER has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Smith County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Smith County put the typical household earns roughly $74,192 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Smith County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), PREMIER H S OF TYLER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TEXASWORKS - TYLER, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 31%: 55 students in 2018 compared to 38 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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