“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 Yell County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $26.2 million — $24.5 million to run schools, about $11,856 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.6 million local (mostly property tax), $20.4 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.8 million.
Spent $11 million — $10.4 million to run schools, about $13,177 per student, plus $283,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $822,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.8 million.
Spent $12.1 million — $10.7 million to run schools, about $13,635 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.8 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $6.8 million — $5.1 million to run schools, about $15,969 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $538,000 local (mostly property tax), $4 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 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 Yell County about $15 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.
227 bridges in Yell County: 113 in good condition, 108 fair, and 6 poor (2.6%). “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 27 over ABANDONED RAILROAD · built 1955 | 4,932 vehicles a day |
| Hwy 27 Side Drain over Creek · built 1968 | 610 vehicles a day |
| SH 154 over CHICKALAH CREEK · built 1969 | 560 vehicles a day |
| FDR 11 over CEDAR CREEK · built 1923 | 50 vehicles a day |
| FDR 519 over DRAIN · built 1982 | 50 vehicles a day |
| CR8/Duck Pond Rd over Fourche LaFave River · built 1905 | 15 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Yell County in fiscal 2025, about $162 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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