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UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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Located at 1200 COOKS LN, in FORT WORTH, Texas, UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS is an average-sized K-5 school that teaches 532 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of UPLIFT EDUCATION.
UPLIFT EDUCATION runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 23,384 students. UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS is one of those campuses.
Demographically, UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of +2.2 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS is one.
The closest other public school is LOWERY ROAD, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 28.6%.
The campus sits in an urban setting. UPLIFT CRESCENDO PREP PS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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