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Enrollment
446
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003013476
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School
300 E CHURCH ST, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 75050 · (972) 854-0600 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
17.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
368 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 | 142 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 152 | 34% |
Student demographics
26%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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 25.0% | 39.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Grand Prep Middle School
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Grand Prep Middle School this school | 446 | 82.5% | 32.7% |
| Canyon Hills Middle School EL PASO | 408 | 81.9% | 38.0% |
| Charles Middle School EL PASO | 372 | 82.0% | 41.6% |
| Uplift Atlas Prep Middle School DALLAS | 422 | 87.4% | 30.0% |
| Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Middle School HOUSTON | 449 | 87.3% | 21.5% |
| IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory HOUSTON | 499 | 87.8% | 44.6% |
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 Grand Prep Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,283 of 1,635 | #80 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,348 of 1,670 ▲ 36 | #94 of 123 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,379 of 1,670 ▼ 49 | #85 of 123 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,166 of 1,570 | #72 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #1,178 of 1,749 | #97 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,359 of 1,542 | #110 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #1,250 of 1,543 | #105 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #449 of 1,648 | #77 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.2% | #93 of 437 | #7 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
446
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 446 | 25.6 | 17.4:1 | 83% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 39.3 | 12.2:1 | 85% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 43.6 | 11.5:1 | 83% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 48 | 10.1:1 | 85% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 26.1 | 13.3:1 | 82% (285) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Grand Prep Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (348 to 446); teachers down 2% (26.1 to 25.6).
About Uplift Grand Prep Middle School
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, is home to Uplift Grand Prep Middle School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 446 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 31% smaller than that.
The 45 schools of UPLIFT EDUCATION, including Uplift Grand Prep Middle School, enroll 23,384 students.
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School enrolls a student body that is 85% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% Black and 3% White. Census figures show Dallas County is about 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Uplift Grand Prep Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
The school has about 17.4 students per teacher and 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 83%.
allk12 grades Uplift Grand Prep Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Texas, Uplift Grand Prep Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.7% actual against a predicted 38.5%.
Across 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 Grand Prep Middle School is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
The next-closest public school is Uplift Grand Prep PS, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Uplift Grand Prep Middle School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 32.7% versus a 41.5% average.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: Uplift Grand Prep Middle School is a public charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 486 in 2020-21 and 446 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.1:1 to 17.4:1.
Discussions about Uplift Grand Prep Middle School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 GRAND PRAIRIE
- South Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 3,239 students
- Grand Prairie High SchoolHigh · 2,817 students
- John A Dubiski Career High SchoolHigh · 1,574 students
- Bill Arnold Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Advantage AcademyCombined · 972 students
- Iltexas Grand Prairie Elementary SchoolElementary · 936 students
Nearby schools
- Uplift Grand Prep PS0.0 mi · 727
- Uplift Grand Prep High School0.0 mi · 385
- Grand Prairie High School0.4 mi · 2,817
- Delmas F Morton Elementary School0.5 mi · 578
- Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy0.5 mi · 877
- Stephen F Austin Environmental Science Academy0.7 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Grand Prep Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Uplift Grand Prep Middle School?
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Uplift Grand Prep Middle School serve?
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Uplift Grand Prep Middle School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Uplift Grand Prep Middle School.
How diverse is Uplift Grand Prep Middle School?
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 85% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Uplift Grand Prep Middle School in?
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School is part of UPLIFT EDUCATION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.