“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
8 school districts have their office in Craighead County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $110.4 million — $84.6 million to run schools, about $12,604 per student, plus $23.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.2 million local (mostly property tax), $64.1 million state, $23.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $59.6 million.
Spent $52 million — $46.3 million to run schools, about $12,746 per student, plus $3.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.8 million local (mostly property tax), $35.6 million state, $11.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $35.5 million.
Spent $41.9 million — $30.8 million to run schools, about $10,055 per student, plus $9.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.8 million local (mostly property tax), $26.8 million state, $5 million federal. Long-term debt: $30.6 million.
Spent $38.8 million — $31.1 million to run schools, about $10,395 per student, plus $6.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.1 million local (mostly property tax), $27.1 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $47.8 million.
Spent $21.5 million — $19.7 million to run schools, about $10,801 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.8 million local (mostly property tax), $15.4 million state, $4.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.6 million.
Spent $9.1 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $11,289 per student, plus $195,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.7 million state, $1.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $7 million.
Spent $9.8 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $12,594 per student, plus $336,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.7 million local (mostly property tax), $6.6 million state, $1.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $12.7 million.
Spent $7.8 million — $6.6 million to run schools, about $11,724 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $878,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.5 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Craighead County about $89.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
443 bridges in Craighead County: 296 in good condition, 138 fair, and 9 poor (2.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SH 463 RT SIDE PVT over RT HWY RD DITCH · built 1965 | 4,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 158-05- LM 2.35 over LITTLE BAY DITCH · built 1980 | 1,100 vehicles a day |
| CR 948 - A over DITCH · built 1977 | 650 vehicles a day |
| CR948 - LM 3.22 over BIG LAKE · built 1977 | 650 vehicles a day |
| SH 18-03- LM 11.08 over DITCH · built 1960 | 560 vehicles a day |
| SH 91-02- LM 2.22 over CACHE RIVER · built 1959 | 410 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $58.4 million of work in Craighead County in fiscal 2025, about $525 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
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