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Alumni: what's one memory from UPLIFT SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
509
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003012239
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School
1305 N CENTER ST, ARLINGTON, TX 76011 · (817) 287-5121 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Texas public middle 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.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
429 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 | 169 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 33% |
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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp 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 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 23.0% | 40.0% | 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 | 53.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Summit Prep Middle School
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Summit Prep Middle School this school | 509 | 84.3% | 33.4% |
| J Herman Reed Middle School DUNCANVILLE | 460 | 83.0% | 29.0% |
| Iltexas Lancaster Middle School LANCASTER | 379 | 83.9% | 15.0% |
| Teague Middle School HUMBLE | 550 | 83.6% | 27.1% |
| William H Byrd Middle School DUNCANVILLE | 517 | 83.0% | 22.5% |
| Iltexas Westpark Middle School HOUSTON | 440 | 83.4% | 42.0% |
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 Summit Prep Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #1,254 of 1,635 | #75 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,495 of 1,670 ▼ 112 | #98 of 112 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #871 of 1,670 ▼ 57 | #62 of 112 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #941 of 1,570 | #50 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #1,077 of 1,749 | #91 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,488 of 1,542 | #110 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #639 of 1,543 | #76 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #405 of 1,648 | #29 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #290 of 437 | #17 of 27 |
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
509
-17 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 509 | 26.5 | 19.2:1 | 84% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 28.2 | 17.4:1 | 83% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 32.8 | 16.1:1 | 83% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 77% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 27.9 | 17.1:1 | 75% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 70% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift Summit Prep Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (476 to 509); teachers down 5% (27.9 to 26.5).
About Uplift Summit Prep Middle School
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in ARLINGTON, Texas. It has an enrollment of 509 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School reports to UPLIFT EDUCATION, which has 45 schools and 23,384 students.
Of every 100 students at Uplift Summit Prep Middle School, about 56 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 35% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Tarrant County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. The diversity index for Uplift Summit Prep Middle School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 4.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 84% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, lower than here.
Among Texas public middle schools, Uplift Summit Prep Middle School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Uplift Summit Prep Middle School is 4.3 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.4% actual, 37.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Looking at the county, Tarrant County, median household income comes to about $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Uplift Summit Prep PS, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Uplift Summit Prep Middle School is 4th among 5 schools close by.
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Large. Uplift Summit Prep Middle School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
The school's enrollment decreased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Uplift Summit Prep Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 High School0.0 mi · 436
- Newman International Academy of Arlington Gibbins0.5 mi · 476
- Jean Massieu Academy0.5 mi · 185
- Premier H S of South Irving0.5 mi · 18
- Premier H S of Arlington0.5 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Uplift Summit Prep Middle SchoolHow many students attend Uplift Summit Prep Middle School?
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Uplift Summit Prep Middle School serve?
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Uplift Summit Prep Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Uplift Summit Prep Middle School is approximately 19.2:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Uplift Summit Prep Middle School?
At Uplift Summit Prep Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 56% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Uplift Summit Prep Middle School public or private?
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.