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Fort Smith, AR vs Forrest City, AR

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Highlights
- Forrest City spends 13.1% more per student than Fort Smith.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Forrest City than in Fort Smith. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Forrest City had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Smith
 Fort Smith, ARForrest City, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,636$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,197  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,164$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3784573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 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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