Ambrose Elementary School
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Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Ambrose Elementary School
Located at 3753 Vickers Xing, in Ambrose, Georgia, Ambrose Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary campus that works with 391 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Coffee County. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.
Across the 12 schools in Coffee County (7,640 students total), Ambrose Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Ambrose Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Ambrose Elementary School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Ambrose Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Ambrose Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Coffee County put median household earnings sit near $50,683, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. Ambrose Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Coffee County (combined enrollment of about 7,640 students).
Nearest neighbor: Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary, around 7.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Ambrose Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. Ambrose Elementary School's enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 391). White enrollment moved from 47% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.
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