Total enrollment
14,114
-93 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
30 schools in Fort Smith
Arkansas · Public K-12
Within Fort Smith, Arkansas, 30 public K-12 schools teach roughly 14,233 students, an average of 474 per school.
4-year change in Fort Smith
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
28
+2 (+8%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Residents
89,805
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Students
14,233
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
30
public K-12
About Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Arkansas is home to 30 public schools, with combined enrollment of approximately 14,233 students. By school count, it is a wide-reaching city.
On the school-mix side, the city is made up of 18 elementary, 4 middle, and 8 high.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment remained close to its prior level: 14,207 students in SY 2020-21 versus 14,114 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Fort Smith opened 2 schools, going from 26 to 28.
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