UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S

As a low-enrollment senior high in DALLAS, Texas, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S teaches 414 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within UPLIFT EDUCATION. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

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

Looking at the student body, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 48% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S is one campus in the mix.

UPLIFT HAMPTON 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP H S operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 26%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 61% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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