Uplift Wisdom Secondary, Dallas TX

Original Research by School Decision on Uplift Wisdom Secondary

Uplift Wisdom Secondary is a public charter school in Dallas serving grades six through eight, located at the southern edge of the city. It operates as part of Uplift Education, a charter network with campuses across Dallas and surrounding suburbs. The school's enrollment is small, with roughly equal numbers of sixth and seventh graders and slightly fewer eighth graders.

The student population is predominantly low-income and Latinx. Over nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's race-ethnicity composition is about two-thirds Latinx and roughly one-third Black, with a very small white population. English learner and special education enrollment data were not available from the source.

Academic performance is weak across nearly all tested subjects. In English language arts, students fare somewhat better, with around two in five sixth graders meeting or exceeding state proficiency standards, declining to around one-third by seventh and eighth grade. In mathematics, the picture is sharply lower: roughly one in seven students in sixth grade reached proficiency, and performance declined further in eighth grade, where only about one in eight did so. Science proficiency at eighth grade sits near one in five. Social studies proficiency is similarly low, at roughly one in six students. Across all subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint compared to other districts in Dallas County.

State testing data shows that most students are at the "approaches grade level" stage rather than proficient. In math particularly, the "masters grade level" rate across the school hovers near three percent. This pattern suggests students are building foundational knowledge but struggle with grade-level academic expectations. The school has only one year of current assessment data available, so trend analysis is not possible.

The school sits in a neighborhood of Dallas with moderate housing values and strong population growth. Dallas overall is in a substantial development phase, with new residential construction and mixed-use projects expanding particularly in southern areas near the UNT Dallas campus. The city's economy is anchored by major employers in technology, defense, health care, and telecommunications, and is served by DART transit and numerous civic and cultural institutions.

Uplift Education recently launched healthcare career pathways at some of its high schools through a partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health, a factor families with interest in health-career trajectories may want to consider as their middle-grade students look ahead.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 614%

School 14% · District 28% · ▼ 14 pts below district

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

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 34% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 47% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 45% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 52% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 32% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 20% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 3 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 6Lower-income38%Higher-income57%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income29%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income37%Higher-income29%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income14%Higher-income14%0 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income21%Higher-income29%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income14%Higher-income0%14 pp gap