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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH this year?
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Enrollment
747
Middle
DISTRICT 799 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050375000173
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH
2555 KERR STATION ROAD, CABOT, AR 72023 · (501) 743-3570 · Lonoke County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
17.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
403 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 5 | 370 | 50% |
| Grade 6 | 377 | 50% |
Student demographics
36%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
40.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +2.8pp 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 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 48.3% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH this school | 747 | 53.9% | 44.9% |
| CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH CABOT | 699 | 49.5% | 44.7% |
| CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH CABOT | 828 | 48.3% | 49.2% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL SEARCY | 913 | 52.5% | 50.2% |
| NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 713 | 51.3% | 47.5% |
| ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL ALMA | 722 | 48.1% | 47.2% |
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 MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #64 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #42 of 208 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #63 of 208 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #28 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #163 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #120 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #144 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #96 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
747
+49 (+7%) vs 2020
+26% since 2000-01, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 747 | 43.5 | 17.2:1 | 54% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 43.7 | 17.0:1 | 46% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 45.3 | 15.8:1 | 49% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 49% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 44.9 | 17.5:1 | 21% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 40% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 39 | 18.7:1 | 36% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 26% (152) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH.
About CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is one of the public schools in CABOT, Arkansas. It is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. Students in grades 5 through 6 attend, and enrollment is 747 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Arkansas is about 464 students.
CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT has 17 schools and 10,672 students, and CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is one of those schools.
At 79%, White students outnumber all other groups at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH combined. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. By the diversity index, CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH comes in at 36%.
With 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH was 17.2:1. Among middle schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 54%. That is close to the 52% average for public schools in Lonoke County.
allk12 grades CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH a B+. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is 5.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
In the county around the school, Lonoke County, median household income is about $72,828, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 25 public schools operate in Lonoke County, serving about 13,478 students.
CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH's average proficiency of 44.9% compares with 46.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students climbed from 698 to 747 over 4 years. Students per teacher rose from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 17.2 in 2024-25.
The CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 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 JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH0.4 mi · 699
- CABOT PANTHER ACADEMY0.5 mi · 318
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 551
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 394
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 424
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHWhat is the total enrollment at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH?
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH enrolls approximately 747 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH serve?
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH.
What is the student diversity at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH?
Student demographics at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH are roughly 79% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH public or private?
CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is a public K-12 school, overseen by CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.