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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CABOT HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
2,170
High
DISTRICT 1,105 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050375000123
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL
401 NORTH LINCOLN, CABOT, AR 72023 · (501) 843-3562 · Lonoke County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,170 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Arkansas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
123 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
923 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 7 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 779 | 36% |
| Grade 11 | 706 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 678 | 31% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 61% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
46.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 CABOT HIGH SCHOOL
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABOT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,170 | 42.5% | 38.6% |
| SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL SHERIDAN | 1,239 | 37.5% | 33.4% |
| SEARCY HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 1,220 | 39.4% | 34.9% |
| MOUNTAIN HOME CAREER ACADEMIES MOUNTAIN HOME | 1,523 | 33.2% | 38.8% |
| ALMA HIGH SCHOOL ALMA | 981 | 41.9% | 38.3% |
| FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 2,588 | 35.6% | 41.1% |
Matched among Arkansas high 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 CABOT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Lonoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #51 of 272 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #24 of 280 ▲ 30 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,170 | #11 of 310 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #244 of 245 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #135 of 246 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #229 of 273 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #133 of 133 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,170
-41 (-2%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,315
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 2,170 | 123.1 | 17.6:1 | 43% (923) |
| 2023-24 | 2,165 | 132.9 | 16.3:1 | 39% (840) |
| 2022-23 | 2,198 | 131.9 | 16.7:1 | 36% (794) |
| 2020-21 | 2,211 | 134 | 16.5:1 | 36% (799) |
| 2017-18 | 2,172 | 135.3 | 16.1:1 | 14% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 2,089 | 121 | 17.3:1 | 26% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 1,983 | 124 | 16.0:1 | 24% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 1,513 | 90 | 16.8:1 | 12% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 1,315 | 60 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CABOT HIGH SCHOOL.
About CABOT HIGH SCHOOL
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school with an address in CABOT, Arkansas. In all, 2,170 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. It has 325% more students than the average for high schools in Arkansas (about 510).
The CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 17 schools and 10,672 students.
The share of White students at CABOT HIGH SCHOOL is 81%. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Lonoke County overall, the White share is about 85%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CABOT HIGH SCHOOL scores 34%.
Its staff includes 123.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.6 students per teacher. The average for high schools in Arkansas, 8.8:1, is lower. CABOT HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 43%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lonoke County is 52%.
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Arkansas public high schools.
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.6% and a predicted 44.0%.
Census data for Lonoke County show median household income comes to about $72,828, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 25 public schools and about 13,478 students.
About 0.4 miles separate CABOT HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, CABOT LEARNING ACADEMY. The five-mile area around CABOT HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. CABOT HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.6% against a local average of 45.6%.
NCES assigns CABOT HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 2,211 students in 2020-21 and 2,170 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher increased from 16.5 in 2020-21 to 17.6 in 2024-25.
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Lonoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,272
Census ACS
Median income
$72,828
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
13,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTHMiddle · 920 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTHMiddle · 828 students
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 827 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHMiddle · 747 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Other schools in CABOT
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTHMiddle · 920 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTHMiddle · 828 students
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 827 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHMiddle · 747 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- CABOT LEARNING ACADEMY0.4 mi · 28
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 550
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTH0.5 mi · 920
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMY0.5 mi · 827
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 394
- NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About CABOT HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CABOT HIGH SCHOOL?
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,170 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does CABOT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at CABOT HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at CABOT HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CABOT HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CABOT HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees CABOT HIGH SCHOOL?
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lonoke County.
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