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Open-enrollment charter campus · Alternative Education Accountability
Premier High Schools · Waco · 133 students
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At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 100 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 81.4 average for 309 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 81.8 average for 156 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Current strength
96 +19.1 pts vs 76.9
Current strength
93 +11.6 pts vs 81.4
Current strength
85 +6.9 pts vs 78.1
Current strength
93 +11.2 pts vs 81.8
Current strength
85 +7.8 pts vs 77.2
Current strength
91 +9.2 pts vs 81.8
Current strength
93 +11.3 pts vs 81.7
Current strength
85 +6.4 pts vs 78.6
Current strength
91 +9.7 pts vs 81.3
Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.
Premier HS of Waco is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.4 average for 309 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 34th of 309 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 13 others).
Premier HS of Waco is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.8 average for 156 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 24th of 156 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 3 others).
Premier HS of Waco is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is up 1 point since 2021-22.
Ranks 105th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 30 others).
Put the numbers in context
Follow the solid line to see how this school has changed. Turn comparison lines on or off to add context.
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 100 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | A | 93 | 81.4 309 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | A | 93 | 81.0 303 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 88 | 79.4 296 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | A | 93 | 79.4 290 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 92 | 84.4 278 reporting | 84.5 700 reporting |
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 96 | A | — |
| School Progress | 91 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 85 | B | 5 |
| Academic Growth | 88 | B | 2 |
| Relative Performance | 91 | A | — |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 5 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (96), so School Progress (91) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 96.
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
These measures use TEA's alternative-education accountability population. Each comparison average includes only charter campuses in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported charter campus rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.
| Criterion | This school% of graduates | Averagesimilar economic context | Differencepercentage points | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total credit for CCMR criteria | 90.0% | 83.7% | +6.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 129 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course | 83.8% | 70.2% | +13.6 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA | 8.8% | 38.9% | −30.1 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s) | 1.5% | 29.5% | −28.0 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned college credit for a dual credit course | 7.4% | 14.2% | −6.8 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an industry-based certification | 8.8% | 13.5% | −4.7 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned a level I or level II certificate | 1.5% | 0.5% | +1.0 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Earned an associate degree | 0.0% | 2.2% | −2.2 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit | 0.0% | 4.3% | −4.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness | 0.0% | 1.4% | −1.4 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student | 5.9% | 7.6% | −1.7 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
| Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces | 1.5% | 1.8% | −0.3 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 130 rated charter campuses reporting |
Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported charter campus percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.
Class of 2023–24
33.8% of graduates
66.2% of graduates
Fall 2024
Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.
Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.
“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.
“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Premier HS of Waco
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 309 reporting for every category shown · 309 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 156 reporting for every category shown · 156 in full cohort
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 133 students in 2025–26, an increase of 5 (3.9%) from 2024–25.
2025–26
Increase · +3.9%
Decrease · −11.3%
| School year | Students enrolledPremier HS of Waco | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 150 | First available year | 490.8 |
| 2022–23 | 156 | Increase of 6 (4.0%) | 506.8 |
| 2023–24 | 154 | Decrease of 2 (1.3%) | 507.2 |
| 2024–25 | 128 | Decrease of 26 (16.9%) | 513.5 |
| 2025–26 | 133 | Increase of 5 (3.9%) | 510.4 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
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2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 272 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 275 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 253 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 215 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 209 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
For 2025, TEA reported $10,728 per student for this campus, $11,324 per student for its parent district, Premier High Schools, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
| Year | Premier HS of Waco | Parent district: Premier High Schools | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $6,167 | $7,558 | $13,054 | $8,256 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 209 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2019 | $6,154 | $7,553 | $13,108 | $8,755 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 228 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $6,533 | $8,603 | $14,058 | $9,480 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 248 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $6,053 | $8,271 | $14,797 | $9,420 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 268 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $6,182 | $7,324 | $15,708 | $10,965 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 280 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $7,435 | $10,578 | $16,792 | $11,279 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 287 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $8,276 | $10,550 | $18,125 | $11,720 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 294 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $10,728 | $11,324 | $18,972 | $11,661 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 303 rated charter campuses reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Premier HS of Waco
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 309 reporting for every category shown · 309 in full cohort
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 156 reporting for every category shown · 156 in full cohort
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
Second- and third-place results
1 measure
Student Achievement
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 309 that report this measure · tied with 6
Fourth- through tenth-place results
3 measures
Five-Year Completion Rate
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 46 that report this measure
Six-Year Completion Rate
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (alternative-education accountability only) · of the 46 that report this measure
Earned a level I or level II certificate
Similar size · of the 91 that report this measure
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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