“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 Lawrence County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $13 million — $11.5 million to run schools, about $11,012 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $8.6 million state, $2.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $7 million.
Spent $11.6 million — $10.6 million to run schools, about $12,157 per student, plus $784,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $6 million.
Spent $9.8 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $10,846 per student, plus $760,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $7 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.9 million.
Spent $8.1 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $14,991 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $847,000 local (mostly property tax), $5 million state, $1.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Lawrence County about $19 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
130 bridges in Lawrence County: 74 in good condition, 47 fair, and 9 poor (6.9%). “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.
| US 62-18- LM 0.35 over Spring River & BNSF RR · built 1937 | 3,400 vehicles a day |
| SH 25-06- LM 14.30 over LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK · built 1971 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| SH 25-06- LM 10.50 over MORGAN CREEK · built 1949 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| SH 25-06- LM 4.91 over STEEP BANK CREEK · built 1968 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| SH 25-06- LM 1.39 over CANEY CREEK · built 1962 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| SH 25-06- LM 1.45 over CANEY CREEK RELIEF · built 1962 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.2 million of work in Lawrence County in fiscal 2025, about $324 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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