County / FIPS 19035
Cherokee County
Iowa
Cherokee County runs 8 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
8
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
577
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Cherokee County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$116.0M
Per resident
$9,951
Change since FY2021
+9%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $106M |
| 2022 | $105M |
| 2023 | $83M |
| 2024 | $88M |
| 2025 | $116M |
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. Cherokee County ranks 2214th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Cherokee County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Regional Medical Center | Cherokee | |
| Mental Health Institute | Cherokee | Not rated |
Public schools in Cherokee County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta-Aurelia Middle Sch | Alta-Aurelia Comm School District | Aurelia | 231 |
| Aurelia Elementary School | Alta-Aurelia Comm School District | Aurelia | 163 |
| Cherokee Elementary School | Cherokee Comm School District | Cherokee | 492 |
| Cherokee Middle School | Cherokee Comm School District | Cherokee | 355 |
| Mmcru High School | Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm School District | Marcus | 203 |
| Mmcru Marcus Elementary | Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm School District | Marcus | 183 |
| River Valley Elementary | River Valley Comm School District | Washta | 174 |
| Washington High School | Cherokee Comm School District | Cherokee | 353 |