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Uplift Education - Uplift Grand Preparatory

๐Ÿ“ 300 e Church St, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75050

731
Pupils
19.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Uplift Education - Uplift Grand Preparatory is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 731 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Danielle Alexander. It is part of the Uplift Education school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Danielle Alexander
School district
Uplift Education

Enrollment & staffing

Uplift Education - Uplift Grand Preparatory enrolls 731 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.

Male students
364 (50%)
Female students
367 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
38.1
Student-teacher ratio
19.2:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 16% Black or African American and 2.5% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino58580%
Black or African American11516%
White182.5%
Asian81.1%
Two or more races5<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

636 of the school's 731 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 567 qualify for free lunch and 69 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Charter schoolTitle I

Uplift Education - Uplift Grand Preparatory is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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-60, state senate district 9, state house district 105.

School district: UPLIFT EDUCATION

Uplift Education - Uplift Grand Preparatory 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 731 students, Uplift Education - Uplift Grand Preparatory is larger than the district average of about 544 students per school.

23,384
District students
43
Schools
1,381
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

28%
Reading proficient
34%
Math proficient
28%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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