UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S

As a compact high school in DALLAS, Texas, UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S enrolls 517 students from grades 9 through 12, part of UPLIFT EDUCATION. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within UPLIFT EDUCATION, which oversees 45 schools and 23,384 students, UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S shows that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 43.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S is one campus in the mix.

UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP PS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 33.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 510 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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