About Fort Smith School District
Fort Smith School District is a public school system serving Sebastian County, Arkansas, based in Fort Smith. It serves 14,045 students across 26 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #5 largest of Arkansas’s 263 school systems.
Size and structure
Fort Smith School District enrolls 14,045 students in 26 schools — an average of about 540 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #5 of 263 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Fort Smith School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (14,045 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Fort Smith School District employs about 998 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1 — above the Arkansas average of about 12.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 2,401.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Arkansas funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Fort Smith School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Arkansas reports every school and district on an A–F report card through My School Info, built on the ESSA School Index (weighted achievement in reading, ELA, math and science, academic growth, English-learner progress, graduation rate and school-quality indicators). Look up Fort Smith School District at My School Info.
Accreditation status
Arkansas public districts are accredited by the state itself under the Arkansas Standards for Accreditation (DESE Monitoring & Accreditation), which govern academics, staffing and facilities; some districts also pursue voluntary Cognia accreditation. See the state’s accreditation standards.
Fort Smith School District vs. Arkansas
See every Arkansas district side by side in the Arkansas directory.
Look up Fort Smith School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):