Uplift Education-North Hills Prep

Posted: December 14, 2025

This school has an poor rating for the following. Accountability from the principal is none existent, administration is hostile and rude.

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Posted: November 29, 2025

My expierience at this school is very good. Everybody learns something that will help them in life. I have been here for about 6-7 years in the school and everybody there has a positive addtitude towards their friends and other people.

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Posted: February 17, 2025

its a pretty difficult school with quite a bit of homework but the teachers are great and supportive. the only thing is that it's pretty easy to get in trouble (2 tardies in a week = lunch detention) but its a good school nonetheless. the teachers make learning fun and educational

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Posted: March 31, 2023

My daughter attended North Hills and my son currently attends here. I loved the idea of setting high expectations because I have seen an increase in their standardized test scores, however, it is very geared to perfect attendance and high achievement, which in most cases is great. But the heart of education though is lacking. Administration is very cut throat, they do not empathize at all. Making friends is easier in primary school then in high school. The staff is not very friendly especially with drop offs, pick ups, and general parking. They will yell at you to move, tell you to park somewhere in the available spots, then the following time yell at you for parking in the same spot you did last time. If you try to explain yourself they will tell you it's always been that way. No accountability whatsoever on the staff or admin, it's always the parents fault. When you call them out they try and argue their way as "right". The staff thinks they can treat adults like children and that's just crazy. I have had previous altercations with the Principal, Nicole Wallin, she is very passive-aggressive and rude.

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Posted: August 23, 2019

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Posted: August 23, 2019

The school does not have the child’s education in mind . Any work is just to make the STAAR scores better in order for the CEO, Yasmin Bhatia, to profit more money .

Posted: August 23, 2019

It is not the teachers fault , they are told how and when to teach every little detail.

Posted: August 23, 2019

No , the school nurtures bad and inappropriate behavior . I have witnessed children yelling profanities at a teacher making her cry .

Posted: August 23, 2019

Behavior is not disciplined ,it’s the same kids every time .... with no effective results

Posted: August 23, 2019

Horrific !!!! This school is a business for profit and has no interest in producing smart and respectful citizens .

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We are thrilled to be a part of the North Hills community.

Posted: August 25, 2017

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Very happy to have our children here

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Bad... a rough first year for us

Posted: October 21, 2015

My daughter began attending North Hills Preparatory in 6th grade and is now in the 8th grade. Before attending NHP she went to a school in Plano ISD. NHP is an academically focused school. The curriculum is challenging and the scholars do have a good amount of homework and projects. As a parent with experience in the public school system, I appreciate the level of homework as I believe it is necessary for students to practice a concept in order to master a concept. In Plano, my child rarely had homework and her knowledge and understanding suffered as a result. Every teacher at NHP offers free tutoring before, during or after school to assist scholars as needed. The online grade system is maintained regularly and parents are notified immediately when an issue arises that involves their scholar. The level of communication between the teachers and parents is phenomenal. As a working parent I have found this to be extremely helpful. One area the school lacks in is athletics. They do offer several different sports but the level of competition is low. The school has a multitude of clubs for the students to participate in and often has social activities that facilitate community across the student body as well as the families served.

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Posted: March 24, 2015

If I could give this school ZERO stars , I would. It is ranked high due to the demographics. Very motivated, hard working , very bright Southern Asia and Asian population that UPLIFT this particular school. Minimum wage staff, administration and teachers have nothing to do with it! No opportunities socially and extracurricular opportunities are null. IB is a lot of none sense irrelevant work. Attending an school offering many AP courses is much to student's advantage. The administration is a bunch of useless, passive individuals getting a paycheck through UPLIFT. Dirty , unkempt , depressing environment with lack of funds for anything! Uplift is a business that keeps popping up schools like mushrooms throught DFW but does not work on improving the existing ones. Do your children a favor and look at other options for a well balanced environment for them to thrive in and do not just look at the test scores, that is not because of the school but the pupil's hard work and self study!

Posted: February 1, 2015

I have two kids in elementary school. They have never attended any other public school so to be frank I don't have anything to compare with. In general the teachers are well trained. They are nice to the kids and make sure kids are following what they are being taught at school. But there is a little problem with the curriculum distribution. They teach and repeat things slowly at the beginning of the academic year and after January they just rush through the curriculum. Administrative staff is not as I would expect for such an acclaimed school. They are very disorganized and change rules without consulting parents or even without giving any advance notice. The school starts way too early, first week of August as compared to other regional schools and they compensate by having half day school, noon release for a few weeks distributed through out the year. You can't really make any use of those days. Their drop off is a total caos. They relie very much on parent volunteers but behave as if they are doing a favor by letting parents volunteer. Some of the staff members don't even have decency to greet apparent with a smile. So good teachers but not the other staff.

Posted: October 28, 2014

We have been so pleased with our experience at NHP and hope to transition our other children there in the coming years. Our other children are currently attending public and top-tier private schools in the DFW area, so we have seen and experienced it all. We are happy to say that the academics, communication and overall experience we have had meets, if not exceeds, our other schools.

Posted: August 16, 2014

We are very happy with the education our children are receiving at North Hills Prep. All institutions have growing pains, NHP included, however they go above and beyond to provide stimulating curriculum with one on one teacher-student involvement as necessary to ensure that the kids have every opportunity to succeed. If a parent just shoves their kid into a high performing school but doesn't make an effort to help educate their child on their own, doesn't require that their child follow the rules and tries to cheat the system to ensure that their child gets ahead, well, that parent got what they deserved. We are happy at North Hills and have been from our start there. This is a good school with a good program, it isn't a baby sitting service for lazy parents who think the school and the kid should figure out the kids' education on their own.

Posted: February 3, 2014

This school is an excellent school and I love the academics, curriculum, and the teachers that are present. However, I dislike the influencing policies of Uplift Education on North Hills Prep as they are trying to ruin the school's reputation from that of a #9 high school in the nation to that of a below average public school with their upcoming school day policy from 7 am to 4 pm and the use of CFA's on students as a pawn for a marketing strategy. North Hills is a great school, but must be independent from Uplift Education.

Posted: September 11, 2013

If you have kids in this school pull them out before high school. Kids have no options to advance this school is gone down the drain the day uplift came and took over. CEO of uplift may as well be a curse word for this school.

Posted: July 31, 2013

Comparing to any other surrounding schools, I think NHP is best. Parents involvement is very high and I am not sure its the same case with other schools.

Posted: July 26, 2013

I agree this school has much homework. But i also learned that it depends on the kid. i have 2 children. one of them would wait until the last minute. the other one had more homework, but she learned to organize it and has time for other activities. the school isn't high quality, but the place is a safe environment and most teachers are caring. The dean can be strict, but is doing the best he can.

Posted: June 20, 2013

For Post 06/08/13- Congrats on acceptance from all colleges you applied but which college did you choose and did you get scholarship?

Posted: June 7, 2013

I am an alumni who graduated with acceptance into every university I applied to (just the in-state schools, UT, Tech, A&M, Baylor, UD, UTD, UNT). To parents with students in the school or looking at the school, please keep in mind that your child is probably the least accurate source of information you can get about the school. I know, because all of my teachers were "the worst ever" as well as "unhelpful and stupid" when I needed a scapegoat. In truth, North Hills is an amazing school. Drugs, alcohol, violence, and even "style" are nearly a nonissue. "Cliques" are very difficult to form because class sizes are so small. I knew everyone in my grade and got along well with all of them. AP and IB credit will overprepare your children for college. Stepping in to college from North Hills meant less work for me, and I didn't even do IB. Even with the very lax (compared to IB, I mean. I took 4 classes my senior year and had 4 off periods.) AP program, I graduated with 32 hours of college credit, or two full semesters of college. Parents--that's somewhere between five and fifty thousand dollars saved. The teachers are very knowledgeable and care about your children. Proud Alumni.

Posted: May 7, 2013

My son is not in the top 25% ranking in upper school, the reason he can't get a good grade is because he is not working hard enough, You can find thousand excuses for your kid's poor performance, but there is only one truth , that is his attitude problem. Both the parents and kids needs to identify the real problem and work it out together, to blame on the teachersor the environment is not really a good idea. No matter your kids are in Coppell ISD, CFB ISD or UPLIFT ISD, please direct your kids to a right direction. It is o.k to get detentions from the school, because it is a learning procedure, but please make sure your kids won't make the same mistakes twice.

Posted: May 6, 2013

My kid has been going to NHP for last 2 years in middle school. I would say it is not worth the trouble if you are trying for middle school. Teachers are not trained, anyone who can teach for a minimum wage is a teacher. They don't know how to deal with kids and the Dean is a person there only to give away detentions. It is not worth that money and effort. I am a teacher in CFB ISD and know how much training we receive to be in public schools. This school has the name due to tha hard working Asian population. thats it... I would say .. don't bother..

Posted: May 6, 2013

Not worth the hassle. Too much rotation of teachers and admin. Unstable environment for excelling kids. It does not work for kids who need more challenge. I am moving mine to Coppell.

Posted: October 23, 2012

A few teachers are good but most of the teachers are not even qualified for teaching. Worst things is that teachers from non-english speaking countries teaches english. For example David Bailey is one of the worst teachers, no teaching experience, uses his mlitary experience to control students. No diversity in this school.