UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE

Set in DALLAS, Texas, UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE is a close-knit middle school, one of the schools within UPLIFT EDUCATION. It teaches 422 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

UPLIFT EDUCATION comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 23,384 students; UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). The remainder looks like 10% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

UPLIFT ATLAS PREP H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UPLIFT ATLAS PREP MIDDLE has showed little movement, going from 425 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 93% to 86% across the same window.

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