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UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE
UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE is one of the low-enrollment 6-8 campuss in IRVING, Texas, part of UPLIFT EDUCATION, with 502 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.
Within UPLIFT EDUCATION, which oversees 45 schools and 23,384 students, UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE records that Asian students make up the majority at 73%; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.3%, the actual is 80.5%, a residual of +13.2 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.3%.
The campus sits in an urban setting. UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. UPLIFT NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 502). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 58% to 73%.
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