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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003012646
Uplift Meridian Prep PS
1801 S BEACH ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76105 · (817) 288-1700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
431 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 100 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 95% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
50%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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 22.0% | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Meridian Prep PS
Uplift Meridian Prep PS's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Meridian Prep PS this school | 461 | 93.5% | 31.3% |
| David Daniels El Academy of Science & Math GRAND PRAIRIE | 445 | 91.2% | 34.1% |
| Orr Elementary School TYLER | 460 | 90.9% | 26.9% |
| Valley West Elementary School HOUSTON | 505 | 90.9% | 34.3% |
| Ramey Elementary School TYLER | 517 | 93.6% | 33.2% |
| Ridgemont Early Literacy Center HOUSTON | 410 | 93.7% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Meridian Prep PS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,550 of 4,401 | #232 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,572 of 4,466 ▲ 436 | #165 of 339 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,805 of 4,466 ▲ 116 | #272 of 339 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,049 of 3,998 | #75 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #2,896 of 4,938 | #211 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,989 of 4,622 | #247 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #2,436 of 4,628 | #260 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #689 of 4,789 | #44 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #570 of 2,838 | #52 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
461
-125 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 461 | 29.5 | 15.6:1 | 93% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 26.7 | 17.1:1 | 93% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 26.7 | 18.9:1 | 94% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 92% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 37.7 | 17.2:1 | 88% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 83% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Meridian Prep PS.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (647 to 461); teachers down 22% (37.7 to 29.5).
About Uplift Meridian Prep PS
Uplift Meridian Prep PS is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in FORT WORTH, Texas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 461 students enrolled.
UPLIFT EDUCATION (45 schools, 23,384 students) runs Uplift Meridian Prep PS.
At 62%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Uplift Meridian Prep PS combined. It is also 33% Black and 3% multiracial. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 32 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Uplift Meridian Prep PS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Teachers at Uplift Meridian Prep PS total 29.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 93%. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
allk12 grades Uplift Meridian Prep PS a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Uplift Meridian Prep PS's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 33.8%. Uplift Meridian Prep PS scores 31.3%, 2.5 points below that line.
Tarrant County census figures show that median household income is about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Uplift Meridian Prep PS is among the 639 public schools in Tarrant County.
Of nearby public schools, Polytechnic High School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 31.3% is above the 22.7% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Uplift Meridian Prep PS as City: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment was 586 in 2020-21 and 461 in 2024-25, a decrease of 125 students.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UPLIFT EDUCATION
- Uplift Heights Prep PSElementary · 944 students
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- Uplift Hampton Prep PSElementary · 712 students
- Uplift Summit Prep PSElementary · 688 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- Polytechnic High School0.4 mi · 1,375
- William James Middle School0.6 mi · 710
- McRae Elementary School0.7 mi · 543
- T A Sims Elementary School1.0 mi · 566
- Mitchell Boulevard Elementary School1.2 mi · 338
- Rocketship Dennis Dunkins Elementary School1.2 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Meridian Prep PSHow large is Uplift Meridian Prep PS?
Uplift Meridian Prep PS enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
Is Uplift Meridian Prep PS an elementary, middle, or high school?
Uplift Meridian Prep PS is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Uplift Meridian Prep PS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Uplift Meridian Prep PS is approximately 15.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Uplift Meridian Prep PS?
Student demographics at Uplift Meridian Prep PS are roughly 1% White, 62% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Uplift Meridian Prep PS?
Uplift Meridian Prep PS is overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.