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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050375001351
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2600 SOUTH PINE, CABOT, AR 72023 · (501) 743-3567 · Lonoke County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
254 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 119 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 23% larger than its 4th grade class (97).
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
48.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 12 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 46.7% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 551 | 46.1% | 46.5% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 550 | 44.2% | 52.8% |
| POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POTTSVILLE | 605 | 44.3% | 60.5% |
| SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERIDAN | 523 | 46.5% | N/A |
| STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 481 | 45.9% | 52.4% |
| GLENN DUFFY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRAVETTE | 496 | 46.6% | N/A |
Matched among Arkansas elementary 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 SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Lonoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #109 of 461 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #64 of 465 ▲ 69 | #5 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #100 of 465 ▲ 31 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #114 of 531 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #331 of 480 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #294 of 480 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #444 of 513 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.2% | #44 of 138 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
551
+115 (+26%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 551 | 31.6 | 17.4:1 | 46% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 30.5 | 16.8:1 | 35% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 31.4 | 16.6:1 | 36% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 32.5 | 14.6:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 21% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 31 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in CABOT, Arkansas, in Lonoke County. School enrollment was 551 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 4. The average among elementary schools in Arkansas is roughly 418 students; this school is 32% larger than that.
CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 16 other schools, with 10,672 students in total.
At SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 79% of the student body. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 36%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 17.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 46% of enrollment.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 42.7% and the result is 46.5%.
Among Lonoke County residents, the median household income is $72,828, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Lonoke County has 24 other public schools.
The school nearest to SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment climbed 26% from its 2020-21 level of 436. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 17.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 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
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 13th largest of the 33.
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSILOAM SPRINGS, AR · 699 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
Nearby schools
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH0.3 mi · 699
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTH0.6 mi · 747
- CABOT PANTHER ACADEMY0.9 mi · 318
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 394
- STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 481
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-04.
Is SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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