County / FIPS 19169
Story County
Iowa
Story County runs 26 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
26
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
573
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Story County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$812.5M
Per resident
$8,246
Change since FY2021
−0%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $814M |
| 2022 | $634M |
| 2023 | $692M |
| 2024 | $743M |
| 2025 | $813M |
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. Story County ranks 603rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Story County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Greeley Medical Center | Ames | |
| Story County Hospital | Nevada | Not rated |
Public schools in Story County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ames High School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 1,403 |
| Ames Middle School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 1,002 |
| Ballard East Elementary | Ballard Comm School District | Cambridge | 422 |
| Ballard High School | Ballard Comm School District | Huxley | 545 |
| Ballard Middle School | Ballard Comm School District | Huxley | 432 |
| Ballard West Elementary | Ballard Comm School District | Slater | 472 |
| Central Elementary School | Nevada Comm School District | Nevada | 608 |
| Collins-Maxwell Elementary School | Collins-Maxwell Comm School District | Collins | 204 |
| Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School | Collins-Maxwell Comm School District | Maxwell | 208 |
| Colo-Nesco Middle/High School | Colo-Nesco Comm School District | Colo | 232 |
| Colo-Nesco Elementary School | Colo-Nesco Comm School District | Zearing | 155 |
| Edwards Elementary School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 450 |
| Fellows Elementary School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 528 |
| Gilbert High School | Gilbert Comm School District | Gilbert | 537 |
| Gilbert Elementary School | Gilbert Comm School District | Gilbert | 410 |
| Gilbert Intermediate School | Gilbert Comm School District | Gilbert | 341 |
| Gilbert Middle School | Gilbert Comm School District | Gilbert | 409 |
| Meeker Elementary School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 351 |
| Mitchell Elementary School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 290 |
| Nevada High School | Nevada Comm School District | Nevada | 491 |
| Nevada Middle School | Nevada Comm School District | Nevada | 443 |
| Northwood Pre-School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 254 |
| Roland-Story Elementary School | Roland-Story Comm School District | Story City | 463 |
| Roland-Story High School | Roland-Story Comm School District | Story City | 345 |
| Roland-Story Middle School | Roland-Story Comm School District | Roland | 317 |
| Sawyer Elementary School | Ames Comm School District | Ames | 367 |