2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fort Smith, AR vs Bartow, FL

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Highlights
- Bartow spends 8.9% less per student than Fort Smith.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.9% higher in Bartow than in Fort Smith. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bartow had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Smith
 Fort Smith, ARBartow, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,197  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,546$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8234573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bartow    4 Reviews

I lived in Bartow for a year and a half before moving to Lakeland. The town seems so oppressed. The housing market is costly–$140,000 is the average price for a brick  More

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The city council in this town need to get a grip on reality and understand that they work for the people who pay their taxes. The city ordinance that prevents property  More

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I find the city ordinance that does not allow homeowners to place small signs in their yards stating essentially "god bless the USA" utterly ridiculous. As a proud  More

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