UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE

UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE is an intermediate school of low-enrollment scale in GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, part of UPLIFT EDUCATION, hosting 446 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE is one of 45 schools operated by UPLIFT EDUCATION, a district that educates 23,384 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 10% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.9%; this one delivers 35.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

The closest other public school is UPLIFT GRAND PREP H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. As a public charter, UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UPLIFT GRAND PREP MIDDLE has climbed 28%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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