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.