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Ume Dallas Secondary is a high school located in Dallas, TX, serving grades 7–12 and approximately 596 students. Operated by Ume Preparatory Academy, the campus sits about 23.4 miles from The Dallas's newsroom and is part of The Dallas's ongoing local education coverage.
The school employs roughly 29 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 20.6:1. That ratio is above the state average for TX, suggesting larger class sizes than the regional norm.
Ume Dallas Secondary operates as a publicly funded charter school. These designations affect funding, enrollment policy, and the kinds of state and federal accountability measures the campus is subject to.
State accountability ratings for TEA are released annually and combine student achievement, growth, and closing-the-gaps metrics. The Dallas publishes rating updates as soon as they become public each fall, with comparisons to nearby campuses and prior-year trends.
High school news from Ume Dallas Secondary — including graduation rates, college signing days, sports results, and state academic competitions — appears regularly in The Dallas's Dallas coverage.
Tip about Ume Dallas Secondary? Email editor@nexcom.media with the subject line "Ume Dallas Secondary". For more education coverage, see thedallas.org/schools or browse The Dallas's latest reporting at thedallas.org/news. This profile uses public data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and is updated annually as new federal filings are released.
The Dallas covers Dallas schools — board meetings, bond elections, ratings releases, academic and athletic news. Subscribe to the latest reporting at thedallas.org/news or /newsletter.
Data source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data — canonical NCES page ↗. Per-school profile generated by The Dallas from the most recent federal directory release. Updated 2026-07-21.
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