“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.
4 school districts have their office in Poinsett County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.1 million — $16.5 million to run schools, about $10,508 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.6 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $19.5 million.
Spent $16.7 million — $15.4 million to run schools, about $14,381 per student, plus $852,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $11.1 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $8 million to run schools, about $12,824 per student, plus $99,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $784,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.7 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.6 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $7.1 million to run schools, about $13,306 per student, plus $893,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $753,000 local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.8 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Poinsett County about $24.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
194 bridges in Poinsett County: 82 in good condition, 81 fair, and 31 poor (16.0%). “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 140-01- LM 9.93 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1948 | 3,500 vehicles a day |
| SH 140-01- LM 1.74 over LEFT HAND CHUTE · built 1948 | 2,700 vehicles a day |
| SH 140-01- LM 9.11 over LITTLE RIVER · built 1948 | 2,700 vehicles a day |
| Co. Rd 852 over Hwy 14 Side Drain · built 1965 | 2,500 vehicles a day |
| SH 69-06- LM 1.51 over DITCH NO 7 · built 1962 | 1,666 vehicles a day |
| SH 135-01-LM 15.09 over Right Chute Little River · built 1954 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $20.2 million of work in Poinsett County in fiscal 2025, about $879 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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