Total enrollment
14,045
-740 (-5%) vs SY 2017-18
27 schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Arkansas · 14,164 students · 2 cities
FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT runs the local public-school system inside Arkansas: 27 K-12 campuses serving roughly 14,164 students, with 19 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high.
7-year change in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
26
0 (0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
36%
was 41%
% Hispanic
38%
was 34%
% Black
10%
was 11%
% Asian
5%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT maintains 27 public schools across Arkansas, collectively enrolling roughly 14,164 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT is built around 19 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high schools.
On a per-school basis, FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT runs about 525 students per campus, 15% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 456.
Five-year track record. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment fell 5%: 14,785 students in SY 2017-18 versus 14,045 in SY 2024-25. The White share of public-school enrollment fell from 41% to 36%.
On this page, the community for FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.