UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE

Located at 3301 TURF PARADISE PKWY, in FORT WORTH, Texas, UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE is a cozy junior high that hosts 401 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within UPLIFT EDUCATION. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

Across the 45 schools in UPLIFT EDUCATION (23,384 students total), UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of -13.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

UPLIFT ASCEND PREP H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site. UPLIFT ASCEND PREP MIDDLE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.