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Enrollment
436
High
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003012175
Uplift Summit Prep High School
1305 N CENTER ST, ARLINGTON, TX 76011 · (817) 287-5121 · Tarrant County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Texas public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
332 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 143 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 122 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 19% |
Student demographics
57%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
67.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 57.0% | 16.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 24.0% | 55.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 67.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Summit Prep High School
Uplift Summit Prep High School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Summit Prep High School this school | 436 | 76.1% | 51.0% |
| Mexia High School MEXIA | 535 | 74.4% | 39.8% |
| South Early College High School HOUSTON | 452 | 81.0% | 66.3% |
| Wharton High School WHARTON | 566 | 73.3% | 30.9% |
| Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School GRAND PRAIRIE | 749 | 70.2% | 46.3% |
| Beaumont ISD Early College High School BEAUMONT | 321 | 70.1% | 76.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Summit Prep High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #786 of 1,385 | #39 of 70 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,129 of 1,425 ▲ 59 | #53 of 76 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #417 of 1,425 ▲ 147 | #21 of 76 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #529 of 1,184 | #20 of 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #978 of 2,107 | #65 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #464 of 1,344 | #12 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #421 of 1,346 | #51 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #462 of 1,522 | #33 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #272 of 557 | #16 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
436
-53 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 436 | 32.5 | 13.4:1 | 76% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 30.3 | 14.3:1 | 76% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 33.5 | 14.0:1 | 77% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 70% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 34.4 | 13.9:1 | 73% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 69% (274) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Summit Prep High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (479 to 436); teachers down 6% (34.4 to 32.5).
About Uplift Summit Prep High School
In ARLINGTON, Texas, Uplift Summit Prep High School is a low-enrollment high school. It reported 436 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. By comparison, high schools in Texas enroll about 796 students on average.
UPLIFT EDUCATION runs 45 schools with a combined 23,384 students. Uplift Summit Prep High School is one of them.
At Uplift Summit Prep High School, 58% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 29% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Tarrant County is about 30% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Uplift Summit Prep High School scores 57%.
Uplift Summit Prep High School has 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.4:1. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for high schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. On average, public schools in Tarrant County report 63%.
Uplift Summit Prep High 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 52% of Texas public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Uplift Summit Prep High School is 9.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
The school is in Tarrant County, where median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrant County's 639 public schools enroll about 385,835 students and include Uplift Summit Prep High School.
Uplift Summit Prep PS is less than a tenth of a mile from Uplift Summit Prep High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Uplift Summit Prep High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. Uplift Summit Prep High School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 11%.
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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
- 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 ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Uplift Summit Prep PS0.0 mi · 688
- Uplift Summit Prep Middle School0.0 mi · 509
- Newman International Academy of Arlington Gibbins0.5 mi · 476
- Jean Massieu Academy0.5 mi · 185
- Premier H S of Arlington0.5 mi · 176
- Premier H S of South Irving0.5 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Summit Prep High SchoolHow many students attend Uplift Summit Prep High School?
Uplift Summit Prep High School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 09-12.
Is Uplift Summit Prep High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Uplift Summit Prep High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Uplift Summit Prep High School have?
Uplift Summit Prep High School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Uplift Summit Prep High School?
Student demographics at Uplift Summit Prep High School are roughly 5% White, 58% Hispanic, 29% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Uplift Summit Prep High School?
Uplift Summit Prep High School is overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.