📍 2650 Canada Dr, Dallas, Dallas County, 75212
Uplift Heights Preparatory Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dallas, Dallas County. The school has 512 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brandee King. It is part of the Uplift Education school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Uplift Heights Preparatory Middle enrolls 512 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 414 | 81% |
| Black or African American | 82 | 16% |
| White | 7 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
463 of the school's 512 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 418 qualify for free lunch and 45 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Uplift Heights Preparatory Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 23, state house district 100.
Uplift Heights Preparatory Middle is one of 43 schools in UPLIFT EDUCATION, based in DALLAS, Texas. The district serves 23,384 students district-wide and employs 1,381 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 512 students, Uplift Heights Preparatory Middle is close to the district average of about 544 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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