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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051068000779
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
101 AUBURN DRIVE, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72118 · (501) 771-8185 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
456 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 61% · 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
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL 6TH GRADE CAMPUS→NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
16.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.2% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 19.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 456 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| LEADERSHIP MAGNET SCHOOL JONESBORO | 492 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| MATH & SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL JONESBORO | 499 | 100.0% | 15.8% |
| REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUMAS | 368 | 100.0% | 12.4% |
| BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 428 | 100.0% | 9.4% |
| OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 372 | 99.2% | 18.9% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary 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 AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #406 of 461 | #43 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #420 of 465 ▼ 31 | #43 of 63 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #422 of 465 ▼ 29 | #45 of 63 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #207 of 531 | #23 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #379 of 480 | #53 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #215 of 480 | #41 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #64 of 513 | #3 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #266 of 311 | #38 of 42 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
456
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 456 | 25.3 | 18.1:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 24.3 | 18.8:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 26.1 | 18.5:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 100% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 29.7 | 16.1:1 | 57% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 95% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 93% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 74% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 21 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. Total enrollment is 456 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 14 schools with 7,711 students.
Of every 100 students at AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 67 are Black. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 9% White, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 37%. The diversity index for AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 18.1 students per teacher, from 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 2.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 71% average for public schools in Pulaski County is 29 points lower.
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 22.7% and the result is 17.9%.
The school's county is Pulaski County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $62,873 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pulaski County number 133, with about 64,124 students.
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.2 miles from FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY NORTH LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARY, its nearest public school. AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7.
For locale, NCES codes AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 448 students in 2020-21 and 456 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,652 students
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,036 students
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL 6TH GRADE CAMPUSMiddle · 548 students
- RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK CENTER OF EXCELLENCEHigh · 472 students
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Other schools in NORTH LITTLE ROCK
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,652 students
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,036 students
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL 6TH GRADE CAMPUSMiddle · 548 students
- RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 499 students
- NORTH LITTLE ROCK CENTER OF EXCELLENCEHigh · 472 students
Nearby schools
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY NORTH LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 62
- CSTP CIVILIAN STUDENT TRAINING PROGRAM1.4 mi · 31
- RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 516
- PIKE VIEW EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER2.0 mi · 237
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK2.2 mi · 90
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK2.2 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the student diversity at AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 9% White, 17% Hispanic, 67% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pulaski County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.