Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery · Photo: Srawilson · CC BY-SA 3.0Cabot’s public schools outscore 82% of Arkansas districts
In Cabot, 51% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Arkansas average (38%). The grade covers the public school district serving Cabot, 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.
Cabot’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 158 Arkansas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Cabot’s, its schools beat 76%, 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 ↓
Nine elementary schools, then two middle and two high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Cabot Panther Academy is in town. Every school ↓
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 Cabot’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 Cabot, with each school’s own grade.
5th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot Middle School North
Grades 5–6 · 828 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Cabot Middle School South
Grades 5–6 · 747 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Eastside Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 550 students · 16:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot Middle School North
Grades 5–6 · 828 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Cabot Middle School South
Grades 5–6 · 747 students · 17:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot Junior High North
Grades 7–8 · 920 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Cabot Junior High South
Grades 7–8 · 699 students · 15:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot Junior High North
Grades 7–8 · 920 students · 17:1 students per teacher
Cabot Junior High South
Grades 7–8 · 699 students · 15:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Cabot Freshman Academy
Grades 9–11 · 827 students · 16:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Cabot Freshman Academy
Grades 9–11 · 827 students · 16:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Cabot · depends on your address
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Cabot Freshman Academy
Grades 9–11 · 827 students · 16:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Cabot
Cabot High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,170 students · 18:1 students per teacher
Cabot’s public schools are run by Cabot Public Schools, which also serves Austin 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
Cabot vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Cabot’s borders.
Every school in Cabot
16 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 Cabot’s schools
Are Cabot’s schools good?
By Arkansas’s own tests, yes: the public schools Cabot 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 76%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Cabot in?
Cabot Public Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 10,672 students in 17 schools (2024–25).
Where do Cabot kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Cabot High School and Cabot Freshman Academy.
What is Cabot’s graduation rate?
90% of the class of 2023 in Cabot Public Schools graduated in four years, against 90% across Arkansas.
How much does Cabot 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 Cabot families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Cabot → 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.