📍 300 e Church St, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, 75050
Uplift Grand Secondary is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Grand Prairie, Dallas County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Elizabeth Norman. It is part of the Uplift Education school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Uplift Grand Secondary enrolls 500 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Black or African American and 2.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 422 | 84% |
| Black or African American | 47 | 9.4% |
| White | 13 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
416 of the school's 500 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 368 qualify for free lunch and 48 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 Grand Secondary 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.
Uplift Grand Secondary 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 500 students, Uplift Grand Secondary is close to the district average of about 544 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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