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Enrollment
591
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003013484
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School
9743 E RL THORNTON FWY, DALLAS, TX 75228 · (214) 445-3300 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
19.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
498 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 | 209 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 30% |
Student demographics
31%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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 36.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Luna Prep Middle School
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Luna Prep Middle School this school | 591 | 84.3% | 35.6% |
| Deepwater Junior High School PASADENA | 639 | 81.4% | 47.8% |
| New Middle School MESQUITE | 670 | 87.3% | 39.0% |
| Horace Mann Junior High School BAYTOWN | 765 | 84.6% | 31.4% |
| IDEA Lake Houston College Preparatory HOUSTON | 499 | 87.8% | 44.6% |
| Marshall Kendrick Middle School PASADENA | 652 | 83.3% | 40.4% |
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 Luna Prep Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,142 of 1,635 | #60 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #452 of 1,670 ▲ 167 | #24 of 123 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #872 of 1,670 ▼ 57 | #38 of 123 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #227 of 1,570 | #9 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #945 of 1,749 | #67 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,486 of 1,542 | #119 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #1,200 of 1,543 | #95 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #406 of 1,648 | #67 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.9% | #145 of 437 | #9 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
591
+46 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 591 | 30.8 | 19.2:1 | 84% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 32.1 | 15.1:1 | 82% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 31.3 | 15.3:1 | 87% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 83% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 30.9 | 16.0:1 | 86% (423) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Luna Prep Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (493 to 591); teachers unchanged (30.9 to 30.8).
About Uplift Luna Prep Middle School
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School, a mid-sized middle school, is located in DALLAS, Texas. The school has 591 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Within UPLIFT EDUCATION, Uplift Luna Prep Middle School is one of 45 schools. The district enrolls 23,384 students.
By race and ethnicity, Uplift Luna Prep Middle School is 82% Hispanic. Next come 13% Black and 2% White. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Uplift Luna Prep Middle School scores 31%.
There are 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Uplift Luna Prep Middle School, giving a ratio of 19.2:1. The school's 19.2:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. By family income, 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Texas public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Uplift Luna Prep Middle School is 2.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.6%. Predicted: 37.7%.
In Dallas County, home to about 2,621,179 people, the median household earns about $76,547 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Uplift Luna Prep Middle School shares Dallas County with 770 other public schools.
The closest school to Uplift Luna Prep Middle School is Uplift Luna Prep High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Uplift Luna Prep Middle School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Uplift Luna Prep Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
An 8% increase took enrollment from 545 in 2020-21 to 591 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.2:1 to 19.2:1.
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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 DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Uplift Luna Prep High School0.0 mi · 472
- Uplift Luna Prep PS0.0 mi · 719
- Harold Wendell Lang Sr Middle School0.6 mi · 740
- Prek Partnership Center0.8 mi · 1,295
- Trinity Basin Preparatory - Mesquite0.9 mi · 800
- George W Truett Elementary School1.0 mi · 987
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Luna Prep Middle SchoolHow many students attend Uplift Luna Prep Middle School?
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades 06-08.
Is Uplift Luna Prep Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Uplift Luna Prep Middle School have?
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Uplift Luna Prep Middle School?
At Uplift Luna Prep Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Uplift Luna Prep Middle School?
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School is overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.