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What's one thing UPLIFT WHITE ROCK HILLS PREP gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 632 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003013483
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS
7370 VALLEY GLEN RD, DALLAS, TX 75228 · (469) 621-8500 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-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.
- BThree-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
17.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
550 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 | 87 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
46%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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 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 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 White Rock Hills Prep PS
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS this school | 640 | 85.9% | 42.5% |
| Nitsch Elementary School KLEIN | 612 | 87.7% | 62.6% |
| Jerry R Junkins Elementary School CARROLLTON | 702 | 86.3% | 43.5% |
| Spence Elementary School HOUSTON | 686 | 88.6% | 26.4% |
| IDEA Walzem Academy SAN ANTONIO | 611 | 85.3% | 34.4% |
| Carolee Booker Elementary School HOUSTON | 726 | 87.2% | 27.8% |
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 White Rock Hills Prep PS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #2,268 of 4,401 | #157 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,227 of 4,466 ▼ 163 | #182 of 429 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,952 of 4,466 ▲ 20 | #234 of 429 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,625 of 3,998 | #127 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #1,316 of 4,938 | #95 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #3,988 of 4,622 | #381 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #2,725 of 4,628 | #213 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #1,485 of 4,789 | #228 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +103.2% | #22 of 1,307 | #2 of 118 |
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
640
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 640 | 37.1 | 17.3:1 | 86% (550) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 36.4 | 18.3:1 | 89% (592) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 37.6 | 17.8:1 | 89% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 34 | 18.5:1 | 85% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 14.7 | 21.4:1 | 83% (263) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS.
Since 2017-18: students up 103% (315 to 640); teachers up 152% (14.7 to 37.1).
About Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 640 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
UPLIFT EDUCATION runs 45 schools with a combined 23,384 students. Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 69% of enrollment at Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS. Smaller groups are 25% Black and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
At Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS, 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS's results are 5.5 points above predicted: 42.5% against 37.0%.
Dallas County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS is among the 771 public schools in Dallas County.
The school nearest to Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS is Eduardo Mata Montessori School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Within five miles of Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 629 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 640. Students per teacher fell from 18.5 in 2020-21 to 17.3 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Eduardo Mata Montessori School0.9 mi · 720
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Frequently asked questions
About Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PSHow large is Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS?
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS serve?
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS have?
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
How diverse is Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS?
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS reports a student body of 2% White, 69% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS?
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep PS is overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.