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County / FIPS 21197

Powell County

Kentucky

Powell County runs 6 public schools reporting to NCES. No Medicare-certified hospital reports to CMS from here — a real finding about rural healthcare access, not a gap in this site; Kentucky has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

6schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

179sq mi

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Powell County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$89.2M

2452nd of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$6,7912020 population

Change since FY2021

−0%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Powell County, FY2021–FY2025
$80M$85M$90M
$89M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$89M
2022$83M
2023$80M
2024$82M
2025$89M

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. Powell County ranks 2452nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Powell County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Powell County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Bowen Elementary SchoolPowell CountyStanton225
Clay City Elementary SchoolPowell CountyClay City442
Powell County High SchoolPowell CountyStanton651
Powell County Middle SchoolPowell CountyStanton462
Stanton Elementary SchoolPowell CountyStanton339
Powell County AcademyPowell CountyStanton11
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