UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE

Set in DALLAS, Texas, UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE is a modestly sized intermediate school, run under UPLIFT EDUCATION. It serves 448 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

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

In terms of who attends, UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: UPLIFT HEIGHTS HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE operates from a high-density location. UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UPLIFT HEIGHTS PREP MIDDLE has contracted 9%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 80% over that span.

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