Ambrose Elementary

Ambrose Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Winchester, Massachusetts, run under Winchester, teaches 398 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Winchester, which oversees 7 schools and 4,391 students, Ambrose Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Ambrose Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $130,847 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Ambrose Elementary is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students).

Vinson-Owen Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ambrose Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ambrose Elementary's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 398). The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 79% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.