UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS

UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS is one of the average-sized elementary schools in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under UPLIFT EDUCATION, with 650 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS sits 25% above that benchmark.

Within UPLIFT EDUCATION, which oversees 45 schools and 23,384 students, UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS lists that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 30% Black, 13% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.7%; this one delivers 34.4%.

Around the school, Tarrant County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS. On composite proficiency, UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting. As a public charter, UPLIFT ELEVATE PREP PS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.