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FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Fort Smith, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

14,045
Students enrolled
26
Public schools
998
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 362
  • Kindergarten 976
  • Grade 1 1,011
  • Grade 2 1,073
  • Grade 3 1,080
  • Grade 4 1,044
  • Grade 5 1,052
  • Grade 6 1,033
  • Grade 7 992
  • Grade 8 1,027
  • Grade 9 1,151
  • Grade 10 1,093
  • Grade 11 1,144
  • Grade 12 999
  • Ungraded 8

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 37%
  • White 36%
  • Two or more races 12%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • Asian 5%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,244 of 14,045 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 60%
  • Reduced-price lunch 13%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,857 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,938
  • Support services $6,086
  • Other (food service, etc.) $833

Where the money comes from

  • Local 36%
  • State 43%
  • Federal 21%

Total revenue $233.8 milliontotal spending $231.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 98% city, 2% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

2,401

District office

3205 JENNY LIND RD, Fort Smith AR 72901

County

Sebastian County

Official website

NCES District ID

506330

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About FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of the Fort Smith Public Schools is to ensure academic and personal success for each student — Today and in the Future.
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