UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE

As a modestly sized 6-8 campus in DALLAS, Texas, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE serves 510 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within UPLIFT EDUCATION. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

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

On the student-mix side, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE reports that Black students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

Around the school, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE operates from an inner-city location. UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 16% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 510). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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