Compton-Drew Ilc Middle School

Size

Of the 8 middle schools in St. Louis City School District, Compton-Drew Ilc Middle School is the largest, with 2.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.4 miles away and have a median of 297 students, so Compton-Drew Ilc Middle School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 151 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 128, against an average of 140 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 140 in grade 6 and 151 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 88.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across St. Louis City (74.8%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across St. Louis City and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 56.6% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Compton-Drew Ilc Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.1 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 419 students would have about 32.2 teachers, so Compton-Drew Ilc Middle School has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri middle schools (13).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other middle school is Gateway Science Academy Middle School, 2 miles away in Gateway Science Acad/St Louis. There are 19 middle schools within 5 miles and 42 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.