UPLIFT LUNA PREP MIDDLE

UPLIFT LUNA PREP MIDDLE, an average-sized junior high in DALLAS, Texas, operated by UPLIFT EDUCATION, educates 591 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

UPLIFT EDUCATION comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 23,384 students; UPLIFT LUNA PREP MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, UPLIFT LUNA PREP MIDDLE lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 13% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. 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, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLIFT LUNA PREP MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT LUNA PREP MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UPLIFT LUNA PREP PS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 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 LUNA PREP MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 20%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 591 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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