County / FIPS 20135
Ness County
Kansas
Ness County runs 5 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
5
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
0
Land area
1,075
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Ness County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$36.9M
Per resident
$13,723
Change since FY2021
+37%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $27M |
| 2022 | $28M |
| 2023 | $22M |
| 2024 | $20M |
| 2025 | $37M |
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. Ness County ranks 3009th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Ness County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Ness County Hospital District #2 | Ness City | Not rated |
| Grisell Memorial Hospital | Ransom | Not rated |
Public schools in Ness County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ness City Elem | Ness City | Ness City | 167 |
| Ness City High | Ness City | Ness City | 127 |
| Western Plains North Elem | Western Plains | Ransom | 56 |
| Western Plains High | Western Plains | Ransom | 20 |
| Western Plains South Elem/Jr High | Western Plains | Bazine | 44 |