Enrollment
260
Middle
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY·NCES 290057402828
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY
1731 S BROADWAY, ST LOUIS, MO 63104 · (314) 231-2337 · St. Louis city
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Missouri public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
260 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 31% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY→LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
8.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -5.4pp since 2021
Math
17.9%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.5% | 5.8% | 43.7% | 47.9% |
| Math | 5.4% | 12.5% | 27.1% | 54.8% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.3% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 8.1% | 10.9% |
| 2021-22 | 13.7% | 18.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY this school | 260 | 100.0% | 10.8% |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 265 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMY St. Louis | 305 | 100.0% | 9.8% |
| YEATMAN-LIDDELL MIDDLE SCHOOL ST LOUIS | 300 | 100.0% | 3.8% |
| Carnahan Middle ST.LOUIS | 214 | 98.6% | 11.6% |
| ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH JENNINGS | 310 | 100.0% | 15.6% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #361 of 379 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #344 of 380 ▲ 3 | #4 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #373 of 380 ▼ 4 | #12 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #61 of 364 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #296 of 397 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #6 of 321 | #2 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #312 of 321 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #5 of 379 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #87 of 91 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 260 | 28 | 9.3:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 26.5 | 10.2:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 256 | 25.5 | 10.0:1 | 99% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 24 | 9.8:1 | 99% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 21.1 | 12.2:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 99% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 45 | 11.2:1 | 93% (467) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (258 to 260); teachers up 33% (21.1 to 28).
About LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY
Among the schools in ST LOUIS, Missouri, is LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school enrolls 260 students in grades 5 through 8. Across middle schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 461.
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is its own local education agency in federal data.
The share of Black students at LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is 96%. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 54 points above the 42% share among St. Louis city residents. The diversity index for LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 9.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri is 3.7 students per teacher. About 100% of students at LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Missouri public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is 22.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 10.8%.
In St. Louis city, home to about 288,512 people, median household income comes to about $56,160, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. St. Louis city's 113 public schools enroll about 29,941 students and include LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY.
The closest school to LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is behind the 65.0% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY has an NCES locale of City: Large. Federal records list LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY as a charter school.
In 2020-21, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY enrolled 234 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 260.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY
- LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCHHigh · 383 students
- LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ELEM.Elementary · 222 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
- LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH0.0 mi · 383
- LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ELEM.0.1 mi · 222
- PEABODY ELEM.0.6 mi · 171
- HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING0.6 mi · 108
- THE SOULARD SCHOOL0.7 mi · 138
- KIPP WISDOM ACADEMY0.7 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMYHow many students attend LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY?
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 260 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY serve?
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY?
Student demographics at LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY are roughly 1% White, 96% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY?
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is overseen by LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY in St. Louis city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.