Summary:
Ambition Preparatory Charter School is a single elementary charter school in Jackson, Mississippi, serving grades K–6 with 563 students, and it operates as its own district, the Ambition Preparatory Charter School district, ranking 101 out of 134 Mississippi districts with a 1-star rating. Every student at the school qualifies for free or reduced lunch, and the student–teacher ratio is 20.8 to 1. Chronic absenteeism is slightly above the state average at 24.3 percent compared to 23.9 percent statewide.
Within this one school, the strongest academic area is 5th-grade science, with 65.7 percent proficiency in the most recent year, only 5.8 points below the state average. Third grade is another bright spot, with ELA proficiency at 49.4 percent versus the state's 48.5 percent and math at 48.1 percent versus 48.8 percent. However, performance drops sharply in upper elementary grades. Fourth-grade math proficiency is just 29.5 percent, a 22-point gap below the state, and 6th-grade ELA is the lowest tested area at 23.8 percent, a 24.2-point gap. The school also reports 7th-grade test scores despite the K–6 grade span, which may indicate a recent expansion.
The school has shown steady improvement in statewide rankings, moving from the 15th percentile in 2023–24 to the 20th percentile in 2024–25 and then to the 28th percentile in 2025–26, though it remains at a 1-star rating. Year-to-year gains are inconsistent, with 5th-grade ELA jumping 19.4 points and 3rd-grade ELA rising 15.2 points, but 4th-grade math dropped 7.8 points and 6th-grade ELA fell 8.0 points. Overall, Ambition Preparatory Charter School is a high-poverty school making real progress, with science as a clear strength, but it needs targeted support in upper-elementary math and 6th-grade literacy to sustain momentum.
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