Schools · Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR schools
Fort Smith’s public schools score above Arkansas’s averages: 39% of students are proficient in reading against 36.8% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88.6%. Kids attend one of 17 elementary schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Fort Smith’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Fort Smith’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresB-Graduation
Arkansas school districts we grade (258)Better than 75%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arkansas towns with similar household incomes (271)Better than 78%
High confidence. Built on 10,820 tested students and a graduating class of 1,095; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arkansas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Arkansas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Arkansas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Fort Smith kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–5, Fort Smith Public Schools)39%
State average 36.8%
Reading (Greenwood)58%
State average 36.8%
Math (grades PK–5, Fort Smith Public Schools)35%
State average 36.2%
Math (Greenwood)59%
State average 36.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
AR: 88.6%
Graduating class
1,095
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #65 of 115 AR towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Fort Smith
Fort Smith Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 26 schools · 14,045 students
$13,857 per studentAR $13,585BGreenwood School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 3,930 students
$11,668 per studentAR $13,585A+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 36 schools in Fort Smith
Showing 1–30 of 36 schools
FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 582 students
B+PublicJOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 514 students
A+PublicSUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 510 students
CPublicHARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 493 students
C-PublicELMER H. COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 459 students
APublicSUTTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 411 students
C-PublicEUPER LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 397 students
APublicPARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 387 students
C-PublicTILLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 343 students
C+PublicSPRADLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 307 students
CPublicCAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 303 students
APublicHOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 299 students
C-PublicBEARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 297 students
A-PublicBONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 287 students
A-PublicBALLMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 286 students
BPublicRAYMOND F. ORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 235 students
B-PublicCARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 172 students
B-PublicRAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 801 students
B+PublicDORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 753 students
CPublicL. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 753 students
APublicWILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 711 students
CPublicNORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,231 students
DPublicSOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,053 students
B+PublicFUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITHHigh · Grades 9–12 · 235 students
DCharterFORT SMITH VIRTUAL ACADEMYHigh · Grades 6–12 · 106 students
CharterHAAS HALL ACADEMY FORT SMITHHigh · Grades 7–12 · 101 students
CharterPREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITHHigh · Grades 9–12 · 99 students
CharterINSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 49 students
CharterBELLE POINT ALTERNATIVE CENTERHigh · Grades 6–12 · 39 students
D-PublicWESTERN ARKANSAS TECHNICAL CENTERHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.