UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS

UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS, a moderately sized K-5 school in FORT WORTH, Texas, overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION, teaches 461 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS is one of 45 schools operated by UPLIFT EDUCATION, a district that educates 23,384 students overall.

In terms of who attends, UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS records that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 33% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 31.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS is one campus in the mix.

POLYTECHNIC H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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 MERIDIAN PREP PS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at UPLIFT MERIDIAN PREP PS has fell 29%, going from 647 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 27% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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