2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forrest City, AR vs Searcy, AR

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- Searcy spends 25.1% less per student than Forrest City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% lower in Searcy than in Forrest City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Searcy had 13.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Forrest City
 Forrest City, ARSearcy, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,215$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,715  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,469$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4594573
 Students per Counselor378  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Forrest City    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I have traveled a lot and this place is by far the worst I have ever been I will drive 5 hours out of my way to avoid having to even look at that dump. Save yourself  More

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Over 13 years ago

I think it may be worse than your stats here  More

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Reviews for Searcy    4 Reviews

Searcy is a quiet town, and a great place to raise a family. The schools are good and there's a church that would fit your needs. We are proud it is still a dry county.  More

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Over 17 years ago

Good- Searcy is a nice town with small town appeal and larger city ammenities coupled with bigger city accessibility. Bad- The city is not planned well for the growth.   More

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Cleaner than most cities ,also reasonable housing,small town feel ,growing. We are in the foothills to the Ozarks--very nice place to live--accessibilty to the Ozarks  More

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