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

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Highlights
- Fort Smith spends 9.7% more per student than Jenks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% lower in Fort Smith than in Jenks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Smith had 10.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jenks
 Jenks, OKFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,053$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,287  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.5  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor357  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Jenks    5 Reviews

Good schools, reasonable cost of living, reasonable quality of life. Certainly one of the best spots in the entire state if you are looking for suburban quality of life  More

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Jenks is a suburb community of Tulsa, OK, so there is easy access to all that city has to offer without all the issues of crime, poor public education, unemployment,  More

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As an honors Jenks graduate that witnessed the football championship senior year and parent of children who attended Jenks Schools for 7 plus years, the attitude of  More

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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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