Middle · Missouri

Lift for Life Academy

CharterFree meals for all

Lift for Life Academy, a public middle school in St Louis, Missouri: grades 5–8, 260 students, 9.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lift for Life Academy.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 260
Teachers (FTE): 28.0
Students per teacher: 9.3
Grades: 5–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 96% of middle schools in Missouri

Median 13.0 · 395 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of middle schools in Missouri

Median 426 · 395 schools compared

Smaller than 80% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Missouri: 42%

8.8%proficient

−0.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Missouri

Median 40% · 386 middle schools compared

249 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Missouri: 41%

18%proficient

+4.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of middle schools in Missouri

Median 41% · 389 middle schools compared

248 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 5–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Lift for Life Academy

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lift for Life Academy.

Location

Address: 1731 S Broadway, St Louis, MO 63104
Phone: (314)231-2337
City or town: St. Louis
County: St. Louis city

Website Quality of life in St. Louis Schools in St. Louis

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Acad of Entre Stdy@LouvertureFree meals for all	6–8	289	11.1	3.5%	2.1%	1.8 mi
Kairos AcademiesCharter	5–8	228	13.4	18%	13%	1.9 mi
Carr Lane Vpa MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	396	12.0	9.4%	4.6%	2.2 mi
KIPP Inspire AcademyCharterFree meals for all	5–8	409	11.3	12%	13%	2.2 mi
Gateway MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	382	12.3	12%	6.2%	2.3 mi
Carnahan Middle	6–8	214	11.3	13%	12%	2.4 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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