County / FIPS 19141
O'Brien County
Iowa
O'Brien County runs 9 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
9
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
0
Land area
573
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in O'Brien County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$98.0M
Per resident
$6,911
Change since FY2021
−20%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $122M |
| 2022 | $86M |
| 2023 | $80M |
| 2024 | $82M |
| 2025 | $98M |
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. O'Brien County ranks 2376th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in O'Brien County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Sanford Sheldon Medical Center | Sheldon | Not rated |
Public schools in O'Brien County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Elementary School | Sheldon Comm School District | Sheldon | 450 |
| Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School | Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District | Hartley | 270 |
| Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School | Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District | Hartley | 203 |
| Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School | Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District | Sanborn | 174 |
| Sheldon High School | Sheldon Comm School District | Sheldon | 342 |
| Sheldon Middle School | Sheldon Comm School District | Sheldon | 320 |
| South O'Brien Elem Sch Primghar Center | South O'Brien Comm School District | Primghar | 324 |
| South O'Brien Secondary School | South O'Brien Comm School District | Paullina | 252 |
| Little Orabs Preschool | Sheldon Comm School District | Sheldon | 31 |