2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bartlesville, OK vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Fort Smith spends 37.7% more per student than Bartlesville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.2% lower in Fort Smith than in Bartlesville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Smith had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bartlesville
 Bartlesville, OKFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,053$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,361  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor416  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Bartlesville    8 Reviews

We moved here in August 2020. We were renting a 2100 sf home in bay area Ca for 2600 when the rent was going to market rate of 5,000. We ended up buying a home here  More

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Over 13 years ago

When we moved here from the Minneapolis area, we looked forward to warmer weather and a lower cost of living. Yes, we got warmer weather (110 degrees plus for much of  More

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I grew up in Bartlesville until I graduated in 1974. I had an outstanding, high-quality driven education. In fact, Bartlesville ranks #1 as the best school system in  More

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Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I lived here for over a year and it SUCKS. The major grocery store is Walmart. And two other grocery stores and they are high price. One Sams Club , one target ,one  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here since 2005. The only good thing about Fort Smith is they have 2 Aldi locations. The cost of living might be cheaper but you also don't have renter's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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