12 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Cabot proudly announces that twelve students have been named National Merit Semifinalists! The state of Arkansas has 132 Semifinalists from 49 different schools this year. Of the 49 schools that have NMSQ students, Cabot's total places them 2nd in the state.

The vast majority of these twelve students have been a part of our school system since elementary school.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter this program by taking the Preliminary SAT and by achieving a particular score on the exam. There are around 1.5 million students that participate in this exam every year. Of those students, about 16,000, or 1% of the total graduating seniors, have scores which qualify them as Semifinalists.

This is a great honor for these students, and we are extremely proud of them. These students will have the opportunity to be awarded thousands of dollars in potential scholarship awards by achieving the status of National Merit Semifinalists.

What about other high schools?
Below are the 12 largest high schools in Arkansas, ranked by enrollment, with Semifinalists counts:

1. Bentonville HS (4 Semifinalists)

2. Springdale HS (2 Semifinalists)

3. Cabot HS (12 Semifinalists)

4. Conway HS (6 Semifinalists)

5. North Little Rock HS (1 Semifinalist)

6. Little Rock Central HS (18 Semifinalists)

7. Bryant HS (2 Semifinalists)

8. Fayetteville HS (9 Semifinalists)

9. Springdale HarBer HS (5 Semifinalists)

10. Ft Smith Southside HS (2 Semifinalists)

11. Rogers HS (3 Semifinalists)

12. Rogers Heritage HS (2 Semifinalists)