2025 Compare Cities Education:
Spencer, IN vs Newport, AR

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Highlights
- Newport spends 20.6% less per student than Spencer.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.2% lower in Newport than in Spencer. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Newport had 3.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spencer
 Spencer, INNewport, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,520$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,818  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,544$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5654573
 Students per Counselor1468  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock81.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Spencer    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

All the schools within this county do the best they can with what little funding is available to them. The high school was not the best in preparing students for  More

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Over 16 years ago

Rural, appalacia-like topography, beautiful country, mostly poor but varied, nice people, good services, reasonable cost of living, typical midwest weather -  More

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Reviews for Newport    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

While Arkansas prides itself on being the "land of opportunity" there are few luxuries. Long travel times are required to shop or do other recreational things since the  More

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What can I say about Newport? Well it is where I grew up and somewhere I call home. I have been away since November of 2000 and I have been back a few times only to  More

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