“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 Phillips County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.4 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $14,610 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.9 million local (mostly property tax), $13.3 million state, $6.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.9 million.
Spent $10.6 million — $8.9 million to run schools, about $13,150 per student, plus $1.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $885,000 local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $9.9 million.
Spent $7 million — $6.5 million to run schools, about $19,631 per student, plus $144,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $957,000 local (mostly property tax), $3.9 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 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 Phillips County about $13.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
97 bridges in Phillips County: 36 in good condition, 42 fair, and 19 poor (19.6%). “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.
| Us-49/Sec10/L17.99 over Ar Delta Heritage Trail · built 1948 | 8,056 vehicles a day |
| US 49- Phillips Co over Mississippi River-Dist 1 · built 1961 | 3,900 vehicles a day |
| Us-49/Sec-11/L0.08 over RR · built 1961 | 3,900 vehicles a day |
| Sh-20/Sec-1/L22.43 over Long Lake · built 1966 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| Little Rock Street over Caney Creek · built 1986 | 460 vehicles a day |
| Cr-518/Z-K/L-5.56 over Cypress Bayou · built 1984 | 455 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.7 million of work in Phillips County in fiscal 2025, about $890 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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