2025 Compare Cities Education:
Richmond, VA vs Fort Smith, AR

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Highlights
- Fort Smith spends 22.0% less per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.1% lower in Fort Smith than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Smith had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, VAFort Smith, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,053$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,373  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,814$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3414573
 Students per Counselor272  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  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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