Uplift Heights Preparatory Pri, Dallas TX

Original Research by School Decision on Uplift Heights Preparatory Pri

Uplift Heights Preparatory is a charter school in Dallas serving roughly one thousand students from pre-K through fifth grade. The vast majority of the student body comes from households qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and about three-quarters of the enrollment is Hispanic, with a substantial share Black. The school sits in a part of Dallas where housing values are moderate and rents are modest, in the context of a city experiencing significant new residential construction and population growth.

The school's academic results from the most recent state testing data show a weaker picture. In math proficiency, third-grade students demonstrated proficiency at roughly one-quarter, and fifth-grade students at the same level. English language arts performance was somewhat stronger in fifth grade, where students reached proficiency at just under half, but third-grade ELA proficiency was also low. Fifth-grade science proficiency was particularly low. When aggregated across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index placed it below the midpoint among other districts in Dallas County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly what instructional supports and assessments are in place for students who fall below proficiency, and what the school's plans are for improvement over the next year or two.

On a more positive note, there is momentum in the network. Uplift Education recently converted Uplift Heights into a healthcare-focused high school as part of a Bloomberg Philanthropies-backed healthcare career pathway initiative, launching clinical partnerships with Baylor Scott & White Health. While this change affects the high school rather than this elementary campus directly, it signals the network's commitment to career-linked pathways alongside traditional college prep. Additionally, the network regained access to publicly released accountability ratings in 2025 after a multi-year legal delay, restoring a transparency tool families can now use to track individual school performance.

The school's small grade band and charter status shape what it is. Because it serves only pre-K through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate, nor high school pathway data to report. State testing results are available for grades three through five only, which is where the data above comes from. The school is part of a network of charter schools rather than the traditional Dallas Independent School District, a choice some families make for instructional model, autonomy, or specific programming alignment.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 0% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 22% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 55%

School 5% · District 13% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolUPLIFT EDUCATION, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income42%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income26%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income45%Higher-income38%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income32%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income28%Higher-income0%28 pp gap