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Enrollment
396
Middle
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928000792
CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE
1004 N JEFFERSON AVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63106 · (314) 231-0413 · St. Louis city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
396 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
32.4%
MO avg 49.5% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
1.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 1 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
-147 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.8:1
% White
4%
was 5%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
94%
was 94%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LOUIS CITY
- GATEWAY HIGHHigh · 860 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGHHigh · 734 students
- VASHON HIGHHigh · 621 students
- MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC.High · 610 students
- STIX EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.Elementary · 472 students
- MILLER CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 430 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- GATEWAY MIDDLE0.1 mi · 382
- GATEWAY ELEM.0.2 mi · 426
- ELIAS MICHAEL ELEM.0.2 mi · 43
- KIPP INSPIRE ACADEMY0.2 mi · 409
- KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH0.2 mi · 354
- JEFFERSON ELEM.0.5 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About CARR LANE VPA MIDDLEHow many students attend CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE?
CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 06-08.
Is CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE.
How diverse is CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE?
CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE reports a student body of 4% White, 1% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE public or private?
CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.