Dallas and Tarrant County-based Uplift Education’s Class of 2024 achieved a perfect college acceptance rate, putting the laundry list of local public school systems to shame.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, public school systems across the state have been losing students to education alternatives like private schools, charters, and homeschooling. Poor student achievement outcomes and allegedly politicized curricula have likely been driving parents to make the switch.
Dallas ISD, for instance, has struggled with declining enrollment for several years now and received a C from the Texas Education Agency for student achievement on its latest accountability report. Only 41% of students scored at grade level on their STAAR exams during the 2021-2022 school year. Additionally, almost 20% of the district’s graduating Class of 2022 did not graduate on time despite of the hard work of its hard-working educators.
Here’s a bit of what WFAA reported on regarding the achievements of Uplift Education’s graduating seniors in the DFW:
“On Tuesday, Dickies Arena was filled with music, cheer and energy, as students filled the seats for Senior Decision Day for the Class of 2024 at Uplift Education. And for Uplift, Decision Day is a big day to celebrate and uplift this generation for the future. That’s because every single senior — 1,024 in all — were accepted into college.
“The Class of 2024 saw 4,243 different college acceptances in all, with a total of $124 million in scholarships awarded. All of the school’s seniors will now go on to attend college or workforce training programs.
“Uplift Education is a free public charter school that serves Dallas and Tarrant County students. Students are selected by a random lottery; 80% of their students face economic hardships and 78% are first-generation college attendees.”
To read more about Uplift Education students’ college acceptance rate in the DFW this year, please click HERE.