County / FIPS 19021
Buena Vista County
Iowa
Buena Vista County runs 15 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
15
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
575
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Buena Vista County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$130.9M
Per resident
$6,285
Change since FY2021
−4%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $137M |
| 2022 | $141M |
| 2023 | $132M |
| 2024 | $106M |
| 2025 | $131M |
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. Buena Vista County ranks 2088th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Buena Vista County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista Regional Medical Center | Storm Lake |
Public schools in Buena Vista County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert City-Truesdale Elementary School | Albert City-Truesdale Comm School District | Albert City | 114 |
| Alta Elementary School | Alta-Aurelia Comm School District | Alta | 237 |
| Alta-Aurelia High School | Alta-Aurelia Comm School District | Alta | 206 |
| East Early Childhood Ctr | Storm Lake Comm School District | Storm Lake | 101 |
| Newell-Fonda Elementary | Newell-Fonda Comm School District | Newell | 289 |
| Newell-Fonda High School | Newell-Fonda Comm School District | Newell | 166 |
| Newell-Fonda Middle Sch. | Newell-Fonda Comm School District | Newell | 123 |
| Sioux Central Elementary School | Sioux Central Comm School District | Sioux Rapids | 241 |
| Sioux Central High School | Sioux Central Comm School District | Sioux Rapids | 274 |
| Sioux Central Middle School | Sioux Central Comm School District | Sioux Rapids | 141 |
| Storm Lake Early Elementary School | Storm Lake Comm School District | Storm Lake | 245 |
| Storm Lake Elementary | Storm Lake Comm School District | Storm Lake | 814 |
| Storm Lake High School | Storm Lake Comm School District | Storm Lake | 793 |
| Storm Lake Middle School | Storm Lake Comm School District | Storm Lake | 787 |
| St Lake/Ia Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College Hs | Storm Lake Comm School District | Storm Lake | 54 |