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Fort Smith, AR vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- New York spends 56.4% more per student than Fort Smith.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% lower in New York than in Fort Smith. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- New York had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fort Smith
 Fort Smith, ARNew York, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,855$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,197  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,968$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.39  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock1003464573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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