COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE

Located at 5130 OAKLAND AVE, in ST LOUIS, Missouri, COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE is a moderately sized junior high that caters to 419 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.

ST. LOUIS CITY comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 17,933 students; COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (88%) are Black. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 44.8%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Louis city shows median household income runs about $56,160, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).

The closest other public school is GATEWAY HIGH, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 83% to 88% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.