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Fort Smith, AR vs Crossville, TN

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Highlights
- Crossville spends 23.1% less per student than Fort Smith.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.6% higher in Crossville than in Fort Smith. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crossville had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Smith
 Fort Smith, ARCrossville, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,268$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,197  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,266$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5134573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Fort Smith    28 Reviews

Over 5 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 5 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 7 years ago

Dis place lit no  More

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Reviews for Crossville    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We moved to Crossville because that is where God guided us. The people are very kind and very sweet the peace and quite is amazing we Love it here.  More

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Over 9 years ago

Checking crime rates and WOW! Don't think I've ever seen them ranked that high for both property and violent. Not even in California. Sad. You'd think a little mountain  More

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Over 9 years ago

First came to Crossville in the 1970s. Back then it was a cute little town. It's gone way downhill since then. Alarmingly high crime rate. The city council is run  More

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