UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS

UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS is an average-sized elementary campus in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, run under UPLIFT EDUCATION. The school enrolls 727 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

UPLIFT EDUCATION runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 23,384 students. UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 27.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS is one.

The closest other public school is UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. As a public charter, UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. UPLIFT GRAND PREP PS's enrollment has rose 35% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 727). Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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