2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yankton, SD vs Forrest City, AR

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Highlights
- Forrest City spends 38.9% more per student than Yankton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.1% lower in Forrest City than in Yankton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Forrest City had 14.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yankton
 Yankton, SDForrest City, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,636$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,390  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,164$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3784573
 Students per Counselor335  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%1.5%
Reviews for Yankton    4 Reviews

Ive lived hered here over 30 years. Its gone down in many ways. Mall is no longer a mall. We have a sign up on it after huge renovations, still open yankton village. Too  More

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My family and I have been here since November of 2020. Covid-19 has really made everything challenging, but so far we love the town. The recreation here is 5 stars. The  More

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Over 16 years ago

The quality of life in Yankton is fantastic, it has been a wonderful place to live and raise my  More

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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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