Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY·NCES 480142513490
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville
415 N CEDAR RIDGE DR, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75116 · (972) 296-0084 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
117 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 21% smaller than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville→Ume Dallas Secondary
Based on grade levels within UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville this school | 258 | 45.3% | 45.3% |
| Northwood Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 303 | 43.6% | 62.4% |
| Blackshear Elementary School AUSTIN | 214 | 52.3% | 36.5% |
| Wayside Eden Park Academy AUSTIN | 235 | 45.5% | 38.9% |
| Markham Elementary School MARKHAM | 255 | 51.8% | 78.5% |
| Global Leadership Academy TERRELL | 219 | 52.5% | 73.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,928 of 4,401 | #122 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,685 of 4,466 ▲ 639 | #224 of 429 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,001 of 4,466 ▼ 138 | #141 of 429 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #774 of 3,998 | #47 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #4,411 of 4,938 | #415 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #4,285 of 4,622 | #406 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #815 of 4,628 | #61 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #3,774 of 4,789 | #391 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #494 of 1,307 | #43 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
258
+42 (+19%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 258 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 45% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 15.8 | 16.1:1 | 49% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 15.7 | 14.9:1 | 50% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 44% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 220 | 14.9 | 14.8:1 | 21% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (220 to 258); teachers down 6% (14.9 to 14).
About Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville is a public elementary school run by UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY in DUNCANVILLE, Texas. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 258 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves 1,703 students across 4 schools.
The student body at Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. Other groups make up 29% White, 17% Black, and 6% multiracial. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville are from different groups.
Its staff includes 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.4 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 45%. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.3%; the prediction is 54.3%.
In the wider Dallas County area, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville's closest public school neighbor is Duncanville High School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville is ahead of the 27.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. As a charter school, Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 19%. The school's ratio increased from 14.4:1 to 18.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY
- Ume Dallas SecondaryHigh · 688 students
- Ume Preparatory AcademyElementary · 540 students
- Ume Mansfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 217 students
Other schools in DUNCANVILLE
- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- Village Tech SchoolsCombined · 1,335 students
- William Lee Hastings Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- William H Byrd Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Glenn C Hardin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- J Herman Reed Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Duncanville High School0.4 mi · 4,399
- William Lee Hastings Elementary School0.5 mi · 529
- James R Bilhartz Jr Elementary School0.6 mi · 541
- William H Byrd Middle School0.8 mi · 517
- Clint Q Smith Elementary School1.1 mi · 344
- H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School1.1 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Ume Preparatory Academy - DuncanvilleHow large is Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville?
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville enrolls approximately 258 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville serve?
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville?
At Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville, the student body is approximately 29% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville?
Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville is overseen by UME PREPARATORY ACADEMY in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.