County / FIPS 20021
Cherokee County
Kansas
Cherokee County runs 16 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
16
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
0
Land area
588
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Cherokee County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$154.8M
Per resident
$7,994
Change since FY2021
+19%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $130M |
| 2022 | $196M |
| 2023 | $113M |
| 2024 | $139M |
| 2025 | $155M |
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. Cherokee County ranks 1901st of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Cherokee County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas | Galena | Not rated |
| Mercy Hospital Columbus | Columbus | Not rated |
Public schools in Cherokee County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Springs High | Baxter Springs | Baxter Springs | 389 |
| Central Elem | Baxter Springs | Baxter Springs | 216 |
| Central Elem | Columbus | Columbus | 188 |
| Columbus Junior High and High School | Columbus | Columbus | 423 |
| Galena High | Galena | Galena | 251 |
| Galena Middle School | Galena | Galena | 164 |
| Highland Elem | Columbus | Columbus | 130 |
| Liberty Elem | Galena | Galena | 192 |
| Lincoln Elem | Baxter Springs | Baxter Springs | 247 |
| Park Elem | Columbus | Columbus | 201 |
| Riverton Elem | Riverton | Riverton | 311 |
| Riverton High | Riverton | Riverton | 223 |
| Riverton Middle | Riverton | Riverton | 170 |
| Southeast Elementary School | Cherokee | Weir | 158 |
| Spring Grove Primary Center | Galena | Galena | 213 |
| Usd 508 Eacademy | Baxter Springs | Baxter Springs | 41 |