UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S

UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S is an intimate 9-12 campus in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, part of UPLIFT EDUCATION. The school teaches 385 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 796.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Beyond that, the school logs 7% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 51.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S has increased 160%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 71% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 37.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.