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What's the vibe like in the hallways at UPLIFT EDUCATION-NORTH HILLS PREP MIDDLE right now?
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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003007562
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School
606 E ROYAL LN, IRVING, TX 75039 · (972) 501-0645 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
75 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 | 166 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%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
91.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +47.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 47 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 70.0% | 21.0% | 6.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 32.0% | 14.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 91.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 78.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 North Hills Prep Middle School
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School this school | 502 | 14.9% | 80.0% |
| Fowler Middle School PLANO | 967 | 6.4% | 89.2% |
| Rice Middle School PLANO | 872 | 10.7% | 84.3% |
| Nelson Middle School FRISCO | 1,094 | 4.8% | 87.5% |
| Lawler Middle School FRISCO | 903 | 4.1% | 92.5% |
| Fort Settlement Middle School SUGAR LAND | 1,504 | 12.1% | 87.6% |
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 North Hills Prep Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #26 of 1,635 | #5 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #43 of 1,670 ▲ 33 | #8 of 123 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #16 of 1,670 ▲ 11 | #8 of 123 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,165 of 1,570 | #71 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #1,090 of 1,749 | #84 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,280 of 1,542 | #105 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #1,037 of 1,543 | #70 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #1,601 of 1,648 | #120 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #307 of 437 | #17 of 26 |
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
502
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 502 | 29.8 | 16.8:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 32.8 | 15.3:1 | 18% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 32.1 | 15.3:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 28.9 | 16.4:1 | 19% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 20% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 3% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (473 to 502); teachers up 3% (28.9 to 29.8).
About Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School is a middle school in IRVING, Texas, according to federal school records. The school reports 502 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
UPLIFT EDUCATION is the local district for Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School. It runs 45 schools with 23,384 students.
At 73%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School combined. Smaller groups are 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 7% of Dallas County residents are Asian. By the diversity index, Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School comes in at 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 29.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School is 15%. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 77%.
allk12 grades Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 80.0% and a predicted 67.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
Uplift North Hills Prep High School is the public school closest to Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 80.0% versus a 64.5% average.
NCES describes the area around Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School is a public charter school.
In 2020-21, Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School enrolled 494; in 2024-25, 502. Students per teacher rose from 15.4 in 2020-21 to 16.8 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 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 IRVING
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Great Hearts Irving UpperHigh · 937 students
Nearby schools
- Uplift North Hills Prep High School0.0 mi · 522
- Uplift North Hills Prep PS0.0 mi · 644
- La Villita Elementary School0.6 mi · 702
- Ranchview High School1.8 mi · 899
- Jack E Singley Academy2.5 mi · 1,697
- North Lake Early College High School2.5 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift North Hills Prep Middle SchoolHow many students attend Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School?
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School serve?
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School.
How diverse is Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School?
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School reports a student body of 5% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 73% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School in?
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School is part of UPLIFT EDUCATION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.