SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in CABOT, Arkansas, one of the schools within CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 551 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 32% larger than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lonoke County put the typical household earns roughly $72,828 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lonoke County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,478 students), of which SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 474 (now 551). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 91% to 79%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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