County / FIPS 17053
Ford County
Illinois
Ford County runs 9 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
9
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
486
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Ford County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$94.8M
Per resident
$7,002
Change since FY2021
+3%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $92M |
| 2022 | $78M |
| 2023 | $85M |
| 2024 | $82M |
| 2025 | $95M |
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. Ford County ranks 2404th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Ford County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Gibson Community Hospital | Gibson City |
Public schools in Ford County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Peterson Elem School | Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cud 10 | Paxton | 624 |
| Gcms Elementary School | Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5 | Gibson City | 469 |
| Gcms High School | Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5 | Gibson City | 291 |
| Gcms Middle School | Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley CUSD 5 | Gibson City | 208 |
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School | Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cud 10 | Paxton | 403 |
| Paxton-Buckley-Loda Jr High Sch | Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cud 10 | Paxton | 269 |
| Tri Point Elementary School | Tri Point CUSD 6-J | Kempton | 118 |
| Tri-Point Jr High/Elementary | Tri Point CUSD 6-J | Piper City | 145 |
| Panther Academy | Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cud 10 | Paxton | — |