County / FIPS 19089
Howard County
Iowa
Howard County runs 5 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
5
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
473
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Howard County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$79.4M
Per resident
$8,388
Change since FY2021
−11%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $89M |
| 2022 | $70M |
| 2023 | $64M |
| 2024 | $69M |
| 2025 | $79M |
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. Howard County ranks 2551st of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Howard County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Health Services of Howard County | Cresco |
Public schools in Howard County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cresco Early Childhood Development Center | Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District | Cresco | 56 |
| Crestwood Elementary School | Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District | Cresco | 425 |
| Crestwood High School | Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District | Cresco | 559 |
| Riceville Elementary School | Riceville Comm School District | Riceville | 211 |
| Riceville High School | Riceville Comm School District | Riceville | 195 |