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

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Highlights
- Edmond spends 16.9% less per student than Fort Smith.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.1% higher in Edmond than in Fort Smith. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Edmond had 17.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Smith
 Fort Smith, AREdmond, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,014$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,197  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,964$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 Edmond    19 Reviews

I moved here from Boulder County Colorado in 2004 and regret ever becoming trapped in this Boring , conservative town . Been stuck working retail here since I don’t  More

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Over 9 years ago

I've lived in Edmond all my life and always had fresh air to breathe. No longer is that the case. We get aerosol spraying of chemicals and heavy metals almost daily from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Too many over 100 degree  More

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