UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE

UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE, a modestly sized intermediate school in DALLAS, Texas, overseen by UPLIFT EDUCATION, teaches 532 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

UPLIFT EDUCATION runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 23,384 students. UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 2% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP H S, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site. UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the UPLIFT WILLIAMS PREP MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.