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Enrollment
493
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLIFT EDUCATION·NCES 480003013474
Wisdom Prep Middle School
301 W CAMP WISDOM RD, DALLAS, TX 75232 · (469) 621-8500 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Texas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
17.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
432 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 | 174 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 177 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 29% |
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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
21.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 16.0% | 38.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Wisdom Prep Middle School
Wisdom Prep Middle School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisdom Prep Middle School this school | 493 | 87.6% | 22.6% |
| Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School FORT WORTH | 401 | 87.0% | 24.8% |
| KIPP Nexus Middle School HOUSTON | 432 | 88.2% | 36.4% |
| Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy DALLAS | 486 | 90.7% | 44.0% |
| Iltexas Arlington Middle School ARLINGTON | 370 | 85.7% | 32.0% |
| La Vega J H George Dixon Campus WACO | 441 | 89.6% | 27.1% |
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 Wisdom Prep Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,561 of 1,635 | #115 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,601 of 1,670 ▲ 18 | #118 of 123 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,445 of 1,670 ▲ 17 | #92 of 123 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #976 of 1,570 | #54 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #1,104 of 1,749 | #85 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,365 of 1,542 | #111 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,007 of 1,543 | #68 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #320 of 1,648 | #51 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +88.9% | #12 of 437 | #2 of 26 |
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
493
+129 (+35%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 493 | 28.3 | 17.4:1 | 88% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 55.9 | 8.2:1 | 94% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 55.2 | 7.7:1 | 89% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 46 | 7.9:1 | 90% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 15.4 | 17.0:1 | 87% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wisdom Prep Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 89% (261 to 493); teachers up 84% (15.4 to 28.3).
About Wisdom Prep Middle School
Wisdom Prep Middle School is a middle-grades school in DALLAS, Texas, according to federal school records. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 493 students. That is 23% below the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
UPLIFT EDUCATION is the local district for Wisdom Prep Middle School. It runs 45 schools with 23,384 students.
At Wisdom Prep Middle School, 67% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 31% Black. That is higher than the 41% Hispanic share among all Dallas County residents. The diversity index for Wisdom Prep Middle School is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Wisdom Prep Middle School has 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. The school's 17.4:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. The school has 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Dallas County averages 77%, lower than here.
Among Texas public middle schools, Wisdom Prep Middle School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Wisdom Prep Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 36.3%. Wisdom Prep Middle School scores 22.6%, 13.6 points below that line.
The county, Dallas County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $76,547 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Dallas County has 771 public schools with about 459,645 students, including Wisdom Prep Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, Uplift Wisdom Prep High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Wisdom Prep Middle School. On state test proficiency, Wisdom Prep Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large). Federal records list Wisdom Prep Middle School as a charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 493, up from 364 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.4:1, from 7.9:1.
This page is set up for the Wisdom Prep Middle School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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 DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Uplift Wisdom Prep High School0.0 mi · 351
- Uplift Wisdom Prep PS0.0 mi · 593
- T G Terry Elementary School0.3 mi · 352
- Umphrey Lee Elementary School1.0 mi · 447
- Thomas L Marsalis El Steam Academy1.1 mi · 392
- Judge Louis A Bedford Jr Law Academy1.4 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Wisdom Prep Middle SchoolHow large is Wisdom Prep Middle School?
Wisdom Prep Middle School enrolls approximately 493 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wisdom Prep Middle School serve?
Wisdom Prep Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wisdom Prep Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wisdom Prep Middle School is approximately 17.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wisdom Prep Middle School?
At Wisdom Prep Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 67% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Wisdom Prep Middle School public or private?
Wisdom 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.