CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE

CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is a moderately sized middle school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY. The school caters to 396 students in grades 6 through 8.

ST. LOUIS CITY comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 17,933 students; CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE records that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Other groups include 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE posts 19.3%, -30.2 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for St. Louis city shows median household income runs about $56,160, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

GATEWAY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 396). Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.