Uplift Education - Uplift Education

Uplift Education is a public, non-profit, charter school, which was originally founded as the North Hills Preparatory School in Irving, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Uplift was founded in 1996 by Rosemary Perlmeter, as one of the state of Texas' first charter schools. In 2005, Uplift Education founded its first urban campus, creating Uplift Peak Preparatory in Old East Dallas. As of 2015, Uplift Education serves over 14,000 students in 34 schools in Dallas and Tarrant Counties. Uplift Education is a system of college preparatory schools that has an extended school day. Additionally, all Uplift schools are International Baccalaureate authorized or are in the authorization process.

Schools

K-12

• Uplift North Hills Preparatory (Irving)
  • North Hills Preparatory ranked 2nd on a Washington Post 2014 list of most challenging high schools in the U.S.
  • The State of Texas defined "college readiness," or readiness to undergo university studies, by scores on the ACT and SAT and in the 11th grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests. Holly K. Hacker of The Dallas Morning News said that in regards to the college readiness statistics, the school "also shows promising results, though it has student and parent requirements that can drive away some families with greater challenges."
• Uplift Peak Preparatory (Dallas)
• Uplift Summit International Preparatory (Arlington)
• Uplift Williams Preparatory (Dallas)
• Uplift Hampton Preparatory (Dallas)
• Uplift Luna Preparatory (Dallas)
• Uplift Grand Preparatory (Grand Prairie)
  • Currently a K-3 & 6-8 school, with an addition being built for grades 9-12 planned to open before the 2016-2017 school year.

K-11

• Uplift Heights Preparatory (Dallas)

K-10

• Uplift Infinity Preparatory (Irving)
• Mighty Preparatory (Fort Worth)

K-5

• Uplift Pinnacle Preparatory (Dallas)

K-4

• Uplift Meridian Preparatory (Fort Worth)
• Uplift Triumph Preparatory (Dallas)

K-3, 6-8

• Uplift Grand Preparatory (Grand Prairie)

K-2

• Uplift Lee (Grand Prairie)
• Uplift Gradus (De Soto)

References

External links

• Uplift Education