Ambition Preparatory Charter School

Located at 5331 Clinton Blvd., in Jackson, Mississippi, Ambition Preparatory Charter School is a mid-sized primary school that teaches 563 students (grades K through 6), operated by Ambition Preparatory Charter School. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Ambition Preparatory Charter School sits inside Ambition Preparatory Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Ambition Preparatory Charter School lists that nearly all students (86%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 13% multiracial. By comparison, Hinds County as a whole is about 72% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Ambition Preparatory Charter School records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hinds County (around 88%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ambition Preparatory Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of -2.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Hinds County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,402 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ambition Preparatory Charter School is one of 84 public schools in Hinds County (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students).

Nearest neighbor: RAINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, Ambition Preparatory Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Ambition Preparatory Charter School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.