NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 814 WEST LOCUST, in CABOT, Arkansas, NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that teaches 370 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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

On demographics, NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.7%; this one delivers 25.9%.

Across the wider county, Lonoke County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,828 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Lonoke County (combined enrollment of about 13,478 students).

Nearest neighbor: CABOT HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 72% over that span.

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