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Enrollment
401
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003014125
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School
3301 TURF PARADISE PKWY, FORT WORTH, TX 76140 · (817) 768-4300 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
349 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 128 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 124 | 31% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady 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 | 12.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 20.0% | 36.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School this school | 401 | 87.0% | 24.8% |
| Iltexas Arlington Middle School ARLINGTON | 370 | 85.7% | 32.0% |
| Wisdom Prep Middle School DALLAS | 493 | 87.6% | 22.6% |
| KIPP Nexus Middle School HOUSTON | 432 | 88.2% | 36.4% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Middle School LANCASTER | 379 | 83.9% | 15.0% |
| Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy DALLAS | 486 | 90.7% | 44.0% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #1,518 of 1,635 | #92 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,570 of 1,670 ▼ 222 | #105 of 112 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,570 of 1,670 ▼ 135 | #104 of 112 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #89 of 1,570 | #10 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #1,259 of 1,749 | #103 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,283 of 1,542 | #90 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #787 of 1,543 | #91 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #342 of 1,648 | #25 of 109 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
401
-69 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 47.0:1
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 | 401 | 23.8 | 16.9:1 | 87% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 10.6 | 40.6:1 | 89% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 14.5 | 47.5:1 | 90% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 10 | 47.0:1 | 88% (414) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School.
About Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School is a small middle school that serves part of FORT WORTH, Texas. It has an enrollment of 401 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
UPLIFT EDUCATION is responsible for 45 schools, Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School included, with 23,384 students in all.
Hispanic students are 61% of those enrolled at Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School. The remaining shares are 30% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Tarrant County's population at about 30%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
There are about 16.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School, which has 23.8. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School is about 87%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 24 points.
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Texas public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School would score about 36.5%. It scores 24.8%, 11.7 points below that figure.
For Tarrant County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 639 public schools in the county, enrolling about 385,835, Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School among them.
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School's nearest public school is Uplift Ascend Prep High School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 401, down from 470 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 47.0:1 to 16.9:1.
The Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UPLIFT EDUCATION
- Uplift Heights Prep PSElementary · 944 students
- Uplift Ascend Prep PSElementary · 864 students
- Uplift Grand Prep PSElementary · 727 students
- Uplift Luna Prep PSElementary · 719 students
- Uplift Hampton Prep PSElementary · 712 students
- Uplift Summit Prep PSElementary · 688 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Uplift Ascend Prep High School0.0 mi · 318
- Uplift Ascend Prep PS0.0 mi · 864
- Souder Elementary School0.2 mi · 315
- Hommel Elementary School0.9 mi · 282
- Charles Baxter Junior High School0.9 mi · 709
- Everman Academy High School1.0 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Ascend Prep Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School?
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades 06-08.
Is Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School have?
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School?
Student demographics at Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School are roughly 3% White, 61% Hispanic, 30% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School in?
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School is part of UPLIFT EDUCATION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.