2025 Compare Cities Education:
Charlestown, IN vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Fort Smith spends 0.5% less per student than Charlestown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% lower in Fort Smith than in Charlestown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Smith had 7.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Charlestown
 Charlestown, INFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,053$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,687  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor2123  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Charlestown    3 Reviews

I have lived in Charlestown for 55 years. I have raised 4 children in the warm and friendly city of Charlestown. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. The schools  More

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Over 13 years ago

Iv live in charlestown for about 6 years now and the crime here is bad iv see police cars fly past my house iv see people in handcuffs iv even seen my neighbor carried  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nice plce to raise a  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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