Enrollment
563
Elementary
STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMBITION PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 280019701510
Ambition Preparatory Charter School
5331 Clinton Blvd., Jackson, MS 39209 · (601) 487-1658 · Hinds County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
563 students
STATE 80%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 62% · 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
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
MS avg 52.8% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi'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 Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 29.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Ambition Preparatory Charter School
Ambition Preparatory Charter School's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition Preparatory Charter School this school | 563 | 100.0% | 41.7% |
| A. W. Watson Elementary PORT GIBSON | 531 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| McLaurin Elementary NATCHEZ | 642 | 100.0% | 44.7% |
| O'Bannon Elementary School Greenville | 543 | 99.4% | 50.5% |
| Smilow Collegiate Jackson | 547 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Otken Elementary School MCCOMB | 458 | 100.0% | 36.1% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Ambition Preparatory Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #334 of 428 | #15 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #335 of 439 ▲ 35 | #14 of 38 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #370 of 439 ▼ 3 | #22 of 38 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #111 of 453 | #6 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #401 of 408 | #33 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #315 of 409 | #11 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #11 of 444 | #2 of 39 |
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
563
+324 (+136%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 59.8:1
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 | 563 | 27 | 20.9:1 | 100% (563) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 27.5 | 17.2:1 | 100% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 24.8 | 16.0:1 | 100% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 4 | 59.8:1 | 100% (239) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ambition Preparatory Charter School.
About Ambition Preparatory Charter School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Ambition Preparatory Charter School serves students in Jackson, Mississippi. It reported 563 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 446 students for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Ambition Preparatory Charter School operates as its own local education agency.
Roughly 86% of students at Ambition Preparatory Charter School are Black. Other groups include 13% multiracial. By comparison, Hinds County residents are about 72% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ambition Preparatory Charter School scores 25%.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1, 5.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Hinds County report 88%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Ambition Preparatory Charter School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 44.1%.
In Hinds County, the median household earns about $49,402 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Across Hinds County, 84 public schools serve about 32,870 students.
RAINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Ambition Preparatory Charter School ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 41.7% versus a 41.9% average.
In the federal locale system, Ambition Preparatory Charter School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Ambition Preparatory Charter School is a public charter school.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 239 students at Ambition Preparatory Charter School; in 2024-25, 563. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.9:1) than in 2020-21 (59.8:1).
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- RAINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 211
- John Hopkins Elementary School0.8 mi · 497
- LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 230
- Van Winkle Elementary School2.1 mi · 275
- Clausell Elementary School2.6 mi · 231
- Clinton Junior High School2.8 mi · 862
Frequently asked questions
About Ambition Preparatory Charter SchoolHow many students attend Ambition Preparatory Charter School?
Ambition Preparatory Charter School enrolls approximately 563 students in grades KG-06.
Is Ambition Preparatory Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ambition Preparatory Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ambition Preparatory Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ambition Preparatory Charter School is approximately 20.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ambition Preparatory Charter School?
At Ambition Preparatory Charter School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 0% Hispanic, 86% Black, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Ambition Preparatory Charter School?
Ambition Preparatory Charter School is overseen by Ambition Preparatory Charter School in Hinds County.
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