Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps
Public elementary school (charter) in Fort Worth, Texas · Uplift Education · Grades Pre-K–5
Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps serves 532 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Fort Worth (Tarrant County). It is one of 45 schools in Uplift Education. By enrollment it is the 2204th largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 18.6 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 28.66 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School, charter |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Uplift Education |
| County | Tarrant County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 480003014111 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Uplift Education | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 532 | 23,384 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 18.6 | 16.8 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 81% | 80.6% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 94% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps in context
Size
Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps is the 15th largest of Uplift Education's 19 elementary schools; its 532 students are 2.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.4 miles away and have a median of 349 students, so Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps is larger than most of them.
As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 2 with 99 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 55, against an average of 76 per grade. This year grade 5 has 35% fewer students than kindergarten (60 against 93). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 66 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Black students are the largest group, at 50.8% of enrollment, a higher share than across Uplift Education (23.2%). Hispanic students are next, at 35.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 80.6% across Uplift Education and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps has 28.66 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 532 students would have about 35.9 teachers, so Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps has 7.2 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Lowery Road, 0.7 miles away in Fort Worth ISD. There are 43 elementary schools within 5 miles and 179 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 50.8% |
| Hispanic | 35.3% |
| Two or more races | 7.9% |
| White | 4.3% |
| Asian | 1.7% |
53.6% of students are girls and 46.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 66 |
| Kindergarten | 93 |
| Grade 1 | 84 |
| Grade 2 | 99 |
| Grade 3 | 75 |
| Grade 4 | 55 |
| Grade 5 | 60 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1200 Cooks Ln, Fort Worth, TX 76120
Phone: (469)621-8500
Website: uplifteducation.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Uplift Crescendo Prep Ps. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowery Road | Fort Worth ISD | 0.7 mi | 414 | 13 | 81.2% |
| John T White Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 0.7 mi | 369 | 12.9 | 95.1% |
| Ignite Community School-Fort Worth | Texas College Preparatory Academies | 1.2 mi | 438 | 10.4 | 93.4% |
| Bill J Elliott Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.4 mi | 381 | 16.9 | 85.8% |
| Atwood McDonald Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.4 mi | 261 | 13.2 | 95% |
| East Handley Elementary School | Fort Worth ISD | 1.9 mi | 329 | 15.2 | 93% |
| Newman International Academy at Fort Worth | Newman International Academy of Arlington | 1.9 mi | 255 | 24.6 | 54.9% |
| Rocketship Explore Elementary School | Rocketship Public Schools | 1.9 mi | 289 | 16.5 | 76.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.