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Enrollment
699
Middle
DISTRICT 799 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050375001182
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH
38 PANTHER TRAIL, CABOT, AR 72023 · (501) 743-3573 · Lonoke County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL699 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Arkansas public middle schools
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
346 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 358 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 49% |
Student demographics
38%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
40.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
50.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +17.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 32.8% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH this school | 699 | 49.5% | 44.7% |
| CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH CABOT | 828 | 48.3% | 49.2% |
| CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH CABOT | 747 | 53.9% | 44.9% |
| PRAIRIE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRAIRIE GROVE | 550 | 48.0% | 47.1% |
| ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL ALMA | 722 | 48.1% | 47.2% |
| AHLF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SEARCY | 576 | 49.5% | 46.6% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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 JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #65 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #49 of 208 ▲ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #62 of 208 ▲ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 699 | #39 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #130 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #115 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #154 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #91 of 114 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
699
-46 (-6%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 699 | 45.7 | 15.3:1 | 49% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 47.6 | 14.5:1 | 44% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 710 | 47.8 | 14.9:1 | 46% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 45% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 47.5 | 15.6:1 | 22% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 37% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 1,075 | 66 | 16.3:1 | 29% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 895 | 59 | 15.2:1 | 19% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 37 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH.
About CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH
In CABOT, Arkansas, part of Lonoke County, CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is a middle-grades school. It teaches 699 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Arkansas have about 464 students on average; enrollment here is 51% higher.
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is one school in a 17-school district, CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 10,672 students.
The share of White students at CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is 78%, a majority. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH are from different groups.
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH reported 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.3:1. Middle schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Roughly 49% of students at CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Arkansas public middle schools, CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 41.4% for a school in Arkansas with CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH's free or reduced-price lunch share. CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH posts 44.7%.
In Lonoke County, median household income comes to about $72,828, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 25, with about 13,478 students.
Measured in a straight line, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is behind the 46.9% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The federal government classifies CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,170 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTHMiddle · 920 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTHMiddle · 828 students
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 827 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHMiddle · 747 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Other schools in CABOT
- CABOT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,170 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTHMiddle · 920 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTHMiddle · 828 students
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 827 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHMiddle · 747 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 551
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH0.4 mi · 747
- CABOT PANTHER ACADEMY0.8 mi · 318
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 394
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 424
- STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHWhat is the total enrollment at CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH?
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH enrolls approximately 699 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH serve?
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH have?
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH?
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH reports a student body of 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH in?
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is part of CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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