Uplift Education

Dallas, Texas · Dallas County · Grades Pre-K–12 · Charter

Uplift Education runs 45 schools (19 elementary, 13 middle, 13 high) with 23,384 students. By enrollment it is the 62nd largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as city, large.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.

District at a glance

Schools	45
Students	23,384
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,391.6
Students per teacher	16.8 (state 14.9)
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible	80.6% (state 61.6%)
County	Dallas County
Area type	City, large
NCES district ID	4800030

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.

Schools in Uplift Education

School	Level	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Free/reduced lunch
Uplift Ascend Prep High School	High	9–12	318	12.6	63.2%
Uplift Ascend Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	401	16.9	87%
Uplift Ascend Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	864	18.2	85.9%
Uplift Atlas Prep High School	High	9–12	503	15	84.9%
Uplift Atlas Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	422	14.5	87.4%
Uplift Atlas Prep Ps	Elementary	K–5	643	18.1	89.9%
Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	532	18.6	81%
Uplift Elevate Prep High School	High	9–12	209	14.7	69.9%
Uplift Elevate Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	267	14.2	76%
Uplift Elevate Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	650	18.2	78.3%
Uplift Gradus Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	597	18.4	83.6%
Uplift Grand Prep High School	High	9–12	385	13.4	80.3%
Uplift Grand Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	446	17.4	82.5%
Uplift Grand Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	727	18.2	86.8%
Uplift Hampton Prep High School	High	9–12	414	13.6	82.1%
Uplift Hampton Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	510	19.1	83.5%
Uplift Hampton Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	712	19	89%
Uplift Heights Healthcare Institute	High	9–12	497	14.2	85.3%
Uplift Heights Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	448	15.5	90.6%
Uplift Heights Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	944	20	91.3%
Uplift Infinity Prep High School	High	9–12	357	13.3	74.5%
Uplift Infinity Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	357	15.6	74.8%
Uplift Infinity Prep Ps	Elementary	K–5	489	18.3	81.6%
Uplift Luna Prep High School	High	9–12	472	14.3	82.4%
Uplift Luna Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	591	19.2	84.3%
Uplift Luna Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	719	19.1	89.2%
Uplift Meridian Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	461	15.6	93.5%
Uplift Mighty Prep High School	High	9–12	402	14.9	88.3%
Uplift Mighty Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	516	18.1	89%
Uplift Mighty Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	554	18.5	92.6%
Uplift North Hills Prep High School	High	9–12	522	14.3	20.1%
Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	502	16.8	14.9%
Uplift North Hills Prep Ps	Elementary	K–5	644	19.8	13.4%
Uplift Pinnacle Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	486	16.5	88.9%
Uplift Summit Prep High School	High	9–12	436	13.4	76.1%
Uplift Summit Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	509	19.2	84.3%
Uplift Summit Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	688	19.2	87.1%
Uplift Triumph Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	480	17.4	95%
Uplift White Rock Hills Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	640	17.3	85.9%
Uplift Williams Prep High School	High	9–12	517	13.7	85.3%
Uplift Williams Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	532	15.3	89.5%
Uplift Williams Prep Ps	Elementary	Pre-K–5	584	18.1	91.1%
Uplift Wisdom Prep High School	High	9–12	351	12.8	85.8%
Uplift Wisdom Prep Ps	Elementary	K–5	593	22.7	90.4%
Wisdom Prep Middle School	Middle	6–8	493	17.5	87.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.

Map of Uplift Education schools

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Uplift Education in context

Size

Uplift Education enrolls 0.4% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is larger than the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is Uplift Heights Prep Ps with 944 students, and the smallest is Uplift Elevate Prep High School with 209; the average is 520, against 626 statewide. NCES lists Uplift Education as an independent charter district: a charter school operator that is its own local education agency rather than part of a geographic school district.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.

Grades

Its largest grade this year is grade 7, with 2,066 students. Grade 12 has 1,098 students and kindergarten has 1,736, 37% fewer in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. Uplift Education enrolls 1,217 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group in Uplift Education at 64.8%, above their 53.5% share of Texas public school students. Black students make up 23.2%.

80.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 13.4% at Uplift North Hills Prep Ps to 95% at Uplift Triumph Prep Ps.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Staff

Its 1,391.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 16.8 students per teacher, more than the state's 14.9. With 103.5 counselors it has 226 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports 1 librarians or media specialists and 9 school psychologists.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.

Location

Uplift Education is based inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, an area NCES calls city, large. The nearest district is Grand Prairie ISD, 2.9 miles away with 26,129 students. 70 districts are within 25 miles, and 13 of them enroll more students than Uplift Education. Dallas County has 41 districts on this site.

Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.

Staff

Role	Full-time equivalent	Students per staff member
Teachers	1,261.9	19
School counselors	103.5	226
Librarians and media specialists	1	23,384
School psychologists	9	2,598
Instructional aides	433.1	54
Other student support staff	141.4	165
School administrators	132.3	177
District administrators	33	709
All staff	2,838.2

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic	64.8%
Black	23.2%
Asian	6.4%
White	2.8%
Two or more races	2.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.1%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Pre-K	1,217
Kindergarten	1,736
Grade 1	1,783
Grade 2	1,847
Grade 3	1,867
Grade 4	1,748
Grade 5	1,809
Grade 6	1,977
Grade 7	2,066
Grade 8	1,951
Grade 9	1,608
Grade 10	1,446
Grade 11	1,231
Grade 12	1,098

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Nearby school districts

District	Distance	Students	Per teacher	Calendar 2026–2027
Grand Prairie ISD	3 mi	26,129	15.1	–
Advantage Academy	3 mi	972	19.4	–
Harmony Public Schools - North Texas	5 mi	11,042	16.3	–
Irving ISD	5 mi	30,767	15.7	–
Winfree Academy Charter Schools	6 mi	1,098	27.5	–
Manara Academy	6 mi	671	18.4	–
La Academia De Estrellas	6 mi	1,024	16.2	–
Ume Preparatory Academy	6 mi	1,703	17.5	–

Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).

Other school districts in Dallas County

Dallas ISD (139,802 students)
Garland ISD (51,021 students)
Mesquite ISD (37,930 students)
Richardson ISD (36,971 students)
Irving ISD (30,767 students)
Grand Prairie ISD (26,129 students)
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (24,165 students)
Coppell ISD (13,233 students)
Duncanville ISD (11,562 students)
Harmony Public Schools - North Texas (11,042 students)
Lancaster ISD (6,822 students)
Highland Park ISD (6,350 students)
Cedar Hill ISD (6,253 students)
Life School (5,735 students)
Desoto ISD (5,708 students)
Texans Can Academies (3,479 students)
Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy (2,328 students)
Sunnyvale ISD (2,306 students)
Universal Academy (2,036 students)
Ume Preparatory Academy (1,703 students)
A+ Academy (1,678 students)
Village Technical Schools (1,335 students)
Golden Rule Charter School (1,298 students)
Cityscape Schools (1,259 students)
Legacy Preparatory (1,138 students)
Inspired Vision Academy (1,136 students)
Winfree Academy Charter Schools (1,098 students)
La Academia De Estrellas (1,024 students)
Advantage Academy (972 students)
Manara Academy (671 students)

All Texas districts (10 more in Dallas County).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.

Contact

3000 Pegasus Park Dr. Ste 1100, Dallas, TX 75247
Phone: (469)621-8500
Website: upliftparent.org

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.