Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Austin’s public schools outscore 82% of Arkansas districts
On the state math tests, 51% of Austin’s students scored proficient, above the Arkansas average (38%). The grade covers the public school district serving Austin, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Arkansas, not nationally.
From Arkansas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Austin’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 36 Arkansas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Austin’s, its schools beat 58%, lower than their 82% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 48% and math 51% in spring 2022, against 40% and 38% statewide; 90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $11,648 per student, against $13,585 across Arkansas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
Ten elementary schools, then two middle and two high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Austin’s grade
A−: better than 82% of Arkansas school districts, #27 of 123 Arkansas towns. Test scores and graduation are both above the Arkansas average; test scores are the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Austin, with each school’s own grade.
5th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot Middle School North
Grades 5–6 · 828 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Middle School South
Grades 5–6 · 747 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Eastside Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 550 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
6th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot Middle School North
Grades 5–6 · 828 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Middle School South
Grades 5–6 · 747 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
7th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot Junior High North
Grades 7–8 · 920 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Junior High South
Grades 7–8 · 699 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
8th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot Junior High North
Grades 7–8 · 920 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Junior High South
Grades 7–8 · 699 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
9th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Freshman Academy
Grades 9–11 · 827 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
10th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Freshman Academy
Grades 9–11 · 827 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
11th grade in Austin · depends on your address
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Cabot Freshman Academy
Grades 9–11 · 827 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Cabot
Austin’s public schools are run by Cabot Public Schools, which also serves Cabot and Ward. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Austin vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Austin’s borders.
Every school in Austin
14 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Austin’s schools
Are Austin’s schools good?
By Arkansas’s own tests, yes: the public schools Austin children attend outscore 82% of Arkansas’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A− Schools grade, #27 of 123 Arkansas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 58%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Austin in?
Cabot Public Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 10,672 students in 17 schools (2024–25).
Where do Austin kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Cabot High School and Cabot Freshman Academy.
What is Austin’s graduation rate?
90% of the class of 2023 in Cabot Public Schools graduated in four years, against 90% across Arkansas.
How much does Austin spend per student?
$11,648 in Cabot Public Schools (FY2024), against $13,585 across Arkansas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Austin families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Austin → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Arkansas. Stars are from neighbors.