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
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
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
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
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
MO avg 49.5% . -13.2pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
MO avg 48.7% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
+2 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 12.2:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
96%
was 93%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY
Set in ST LOUIS, Missouri, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is a cozy 6-8 campus, part of LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY. It works with 260 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 44% below typical.
Within LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY, which oversees 3 schools and 865 students, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.
On demographics, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 45.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (St. Louis city) logs that 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%. LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).
Nearest neighbor: LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.0%.
LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY operates from a city-core location. LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 260). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.