County / FIPS 19019
Buchanan County
Iowa
Buchanan County runs 18 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
18
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
0
Land area
571
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Buchanan County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$166.6M
Per resident
$8,100
Change since FY2021
+9%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $153M |
| 2022 | $122M |
| 2023 | $117M |
| 2024 | $125M |
| 2025 | $167M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Buchanan County ranks 1816th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Buchanan County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Buchanan County Health Center | Independence | Not rated |
| Mental Health Institute | Independence | Not rated |
Public schools in Buchanan County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Buchanan Middle School | East Buchanan Comm School District | Winthrop | 88 |
| East Buchanan Elementary School | East Buchanan Comm School District | Winthrop | 309 |
| East Buchanan High School | East Buchanan Comm School District | Winthrop | 186 |
| East Elementary School | Independence Comm School District | Independence | 298 |
| Fairbank Elementary School | Wapsie Valley Comm School District | Fairbank | 195 |
| Independence Junior Senior High School | Independence Comm School District | Independence | 701 |
| Jesup Elementary School | Jesup Comm School District | Jesup | 438 |
| Jesup High School | Jesup Comm School District | Jesup | 278 |
| Jesup Middle School | Jesup Comm School District | Jesup | 252 |
| West Elementary School | Independence Comm School District | Independence | 381 |
| Early Childhood Center | Independence Comm School District | Independence | 39 |
| Perry #1 Elementary School | Jesup Comm School District | Jesup | 37 |
| Prairie Grove Elementary School | Jesup Comm School District | Jesup | 23 |
| Rural Elementary School #1 | Wapsie Valley Comm School District | Fairbank | 24 |
| Rural Elementary School #2 | Wapsie Valley Comm School District | Fairbank | 26 |
| Rural Elementary School #3 | Wapsie Valley Comm School District | Hazleton | 15 |
| Rural Elementary School #4 | Wapsie Valley Comm School District | Fairbank | 15 |
| Triumph Elementary School | Jesup Comm School District | Jesup | 41 |