Year	Award
2006	NCLB National Blue Ribbon, 2006 UP was one out of 26 schools in Texas, and 250 schools in the United States so honored to be presented with this award. In 2006, there were a total 124,888 public and private elementary and secondary schools operating in the United States!
2005 - 2006	Texas NCLB-Blue Ribbon School University Park is one of 26 schools in Texas nominated for Department of Education NCLB-National Blue Ribbon School for 2005-2006.
2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009	Texas Business Education Coalition (TBEC)  Honor Roll School University Park is among the top 5 percent of schools statewide selected as a Texas Business Education Coalition/Just4TheKids Honor Roll.
1994 - 2010	T.E.A. Exemplary School 17 YEARS Exemplary!!!
2003 - 2006	Texas Rising Star Young Authors and Artists Students authors and artists have been published in this statewide magazine for Texas children. Casey Yowell was the cover illustrator for 2005.
2004-2009	T.E.A. Exemplary School Gold Performance Acknowledgements: ELA, MATH, WRITING & ATTENDANCE
2003	Texas Monthly Four Star School
1994 - 2002	Texas Education Agency Exemplary School                  UP was one of eight schools in Texas to earn an exemplary rating for the first eight years of the T.E.A. rating system.
2002	Texas Monthly Five Star School
2002	T.E.A. Gold Performance Acknowledgement ELA, MATH, WRITING
1995	Texas Successful School Award. UP received a monetary award for academic performance.
1992	Diamond Shamrock “Hooray for Excellence Award”
1991	Governor’s Education Excellence Award
1989 - 1990	State of Texas Exemplary Performance Award
1987 - 1988	U.S. Department of Education Excellence in Education Award. UP was one of 13 schools in Texas and one of 231 schools of some 60,000 in the U.S. to earn the designation in the 1987-1988 awards year.