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Lift for Life Academy, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Lift for Life Academy runs 3 public schools with 865 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 865
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1731 S Broadway, St Louis, MO 63104
- Phone
- (314)231-2337
- County
- St. Louis city
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2900574
- State district ID
- MO-115902
- Total staff (FTE)
- 95
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 865 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
- Charter schools
- 3
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (768), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $7.4 million
- Local revenue
- $3.2 million
- Total spending
- $10.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,859
- Salaries
- $5.3 million50.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 61.4%
- Local: 26.6%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,859
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Lift for Life Academy
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lift for Life AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Middle | 5 to 8 | 260 | 9.3 |
| Lift for Life Academy ElementaryCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 4 | 222 | 17.1 |
| Lift for Life Academy High SchCEP schoolCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 383 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Louis city
- St. Louis City County Public Schools 17,933 students
- Confluence Academies 2,460 students
- KIPP St Louis Public Schools 2,069 students
- Gateway Science Acad/St Louis 1,666 students
- Premier Charter School 974 students
- Momentum Academy 599 students
- City Garden Montessori 589 students
- Kairos Academies 515 students
- St. Louis Lang Immersion Sch 493 students
- North Side Community School 433 students
- Atlas Public Schools 431 students
- Lafayette Preparatory Academy 414 students
- The Biome 167 students
- The Soulard School 138 students
- St. Louis Voices Academy 135 students
More in Missouri
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.