CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH

CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH, a sprawling junior high in CABOT, Arkansas, overseen by CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 699 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 464.

Across the 17 schools in CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT (10,672 students total), CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 39.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lonoke County indicate median household income runs about $72,828, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lonoke County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,478 students), of which CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is one.

SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 741 (now 699). The White share of enrollment declined from 86% to 78% over that span.

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