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Fort Smith School District
A public school district in Fort Smith, Arkansas, with 26 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 14,045
- Students enrolled
- 998
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 2,401
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,459
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 14,045 in 2024–25
- Ranks 578th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 5th of 263 in Arkansas. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,459 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 20% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Fort Smith School District spent $13,857 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,555 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,857 | $194.8 million | 14,060 |
| FY2023 | $12,459 | $178.0 million | 14,291 |
| FY2022 | $12,206 | $175.3 million | 14,365 |
| FY2021 | $11,493 | $165.1 million | 14,361 |
| FY2020 | $10,527 | $155.2 million | 14,748 |
| FY2019 | $10,616 | $156.1 million | 14,701 |
| FY2018 | $10,612 | $156.9 million | 14,785 |
| FY2017 | $10,250 | $152.6 million | 14,888 |
| FY2016 | $9,828 | $146.6 million | 14,919 |
| FY2015 | $9,721 | $143.0 million | 14,711 |
| FY2014 | $9,556 | $140.5 million | 14,702 |
| FY2013 | $9,381 | $134.8 million | 14,374 |
| FY2012 | $9,223 | $130.5 million | 14,146 |
| FY2011 | $9,385 | $132.4 million | 14,107 |
| FY2010 | $9,182 | $128.6 million | 14,010 |
| FY2009 | $8,674 | $121.1 million | 13,958 |
| FY2008 | $8,418 | $117.3 million | 13,938 |
| FY2007 | $8,071 | $110.8 million | 13,731 |
| FY2006 | $7,841 | $105.3 million | 13,430 |
| FY2005 | $7,555 | $97.9 million | 12,957 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $41.8 million | 20.4% |
| State | $89.9 million | 43.8% |
| Local | $73.7 million | 35.9% |
| Total | $205.4 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
26 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0506330
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Arkansas — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Arkansas — A to Z, each with its page.
- Arkansas on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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