CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH

Located at 2555 KERR STATION ROAD, in CABOT, Arkansas, CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is a sizable middle-grades school that enrolls 747 students (grades 5 through 6), part of CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH sits 61% bigger than that benchmark.

CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 10,672 students. CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of +3.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lonoke County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,828 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH is one of 25 public schools in Lonoke County (combined enrollment of about 13,478 students).

The closest other public school is CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH has ticked down 5%, going from 787 students in 2018 to 747 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 85% to 79% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.