WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1701 SOUTH SECOND, in CABOT, Arkansas, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that serves 424 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 17 schools and 10,672 students, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lonoke County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.5%; this one delivers 52.1%, a residual of +17.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lonoke County shows median household earnings sit near $72,828, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Lonoke County (combined enrollment of about 13,478 students).

The closest other public school is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 38.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.