“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.
3 school districts have their office in Pike County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $14.5 million — $13.9 million to run schools, about $14,251 per student, plus $338,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.7 million state, $4 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.7 million.
Spent $9.4 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $13,273 per student, plus $516,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $6.9 million state, $1.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $4.9 million to run schools, about $10,929 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $687,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $7.5 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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Pike County about $6.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
95 bridges in Pike County: 28 in good condition, 62 fair, and 5 poor (5.3%). “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 26-SEC.03-16.63 over ANTOINE RIVER · built 1953 | 1,227 vehicles a day |
| SH 84 - 03 - 4.23 over ANTOINE CREEK · built 1956 | 840 vehicles a day |
| SH 84 - 03 - 7.51 over BIGSBY CREEK · built 1956 | 840 vehicles a day |
| SH 29 SEC.06- 2.58 over WOLF CREEK · built 1961 | 410 vehicles a day |
| CORD 103; BOWEN BR over CREEK · built 1972 | 23 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $416,378 of work in Pike County in fiscal 2025, about $41 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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