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Helena-West Helena, AR vs Forrest City, AR

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Highlights
- Forrest City spends 20.8% less per student than Helena-West Helena.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.4% higher in Forrest City than in Helena-West Helena. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Forrest City had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Helena-West Helena
 Helena-West Helena, ARForrest City, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,636$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,215  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,164$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3784573
 Students per Counselor256  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
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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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