Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft)

Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft) is a small, alternative high school in Lubbock, TX, serving 140 students in grades 9-12, and it is part of the Premier High Schools district. The school faces significant challenges, with over 92% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch and a dropout rate of nearly 20% for the 2023-2024 school year—roughly 10 times higher than nearby traditional schools like Coronado High School (1.7%) and Lubbock High School (2.3%). Academic proficiency on core STAAR exams is critically low, with only 7.14% of students proficient in Algebra I and 13.33% in English I Reading, compared to state averages of 54% and 55%, respectively. The school also has a high student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1, which is higher than most area schools, including Monterey High School (15.4:1).

Despite these struggles, there is a notable bright spot in Biology, where 58.33% of students were proficient in the 2025-2026 school year—outperforming the district average and even surpassing some nearby schools like Coronado High School (64.01%) in relative terms. This suggests that a specific teacher or instructional approach in Biology may be effective and could serve as a model for other subjects. However, this strength is inconsistent, as performance in other areas remains extremely low.

Premier H S - Lubbock is part of a cluster of struggling alternative schools in the area, including Triumph Public High Schools-Lubbock and Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock, which share similar profiles of high dropout rates and low proficiency. The school also shares its address with Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft, an even smaller school (19 students) with comparable challenges. While the school has shown potential to serve its economically disadvantaged population better than its overall rank suggests, it has struggled to maintain that performance over time.