County / FIPS 19147
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Palo Alto County runs 10 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
10
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
0
Land area
564
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Palo Alto County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$86.0M
Per resident
$9,555
Change since FY2021
−11%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $96M |
| 2022 | $64M |
| 2023 | $59M |
| 2024 | $78M |
| 2025 | $86M |
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. Palo Alto County ranks 2485th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Palo Alto County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg | Not rated |
Public schools in Palo Alto County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmetsburg High School | Emmetsburg Comm School District | Emmetsburg | 245 |
| Emmetsburg Middle School | Emmetsburg Comm School District | Emmetsburg | 225 |
| Graettinger-Terril High School | Graettinger-Terril Comm School District | Graettinger | 128 |
| Graettinger-Terril Middle School | Graettinger-Terril Comm School District | Graettinger | 79 |
| Ruthven-Ayrshire Elementary School | Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District | Ruthven | 87 |
| Ruthven-Ayrshire High School | Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District | Ruthven | 77 |
| West Bend-Mallard Elementary School | West Bend-Mallard Comm School District | West Bend | 170 |
| West Bend-Mallard High School | West Bend-Mallard Comm School District | West Bend | 114 |
| West Bend-Mallard Middle School | West Bend-Mallard Comm School District | West Bend | 111 |
| West Elementary School | Emmetsburg Comm School District | Emmetsburg | 300 |