County / FIPS 26159
Van Buren County
Michigan
Van Buren County runs 45 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
45
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
608
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Van Buren County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$642.5M
Per resident
$8,500
Change since FY2021
+21%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $532M |
| 2022 | $511M |
| 2023 | $556M |
| 2024 | $574M |
| 2025 | $642M |
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. Van Buren County ranks 740th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Van Buren County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Bronson Lakeview Hospital | Paw Paw | |
| Bronson South Haven Hospital | South Haven | Not rated |
Public schools in Van Buren County
The 40 most complete records of 45. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Career Academy | Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren) | Bangor | 102 |
| Bangor High School | Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren) | Bangor | 276 |
| Bangor Middle School | Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren) | Bangor | 285 |
| Bert Goens Learning Center | Van Buren ISD | Lawrence | 72 |
| Bloomingdale Elementary School | Bloomingdale Public School District | Bloomingdale | 311 |
| Bloomingdale Middle and High School | Bloomingdale Public School District | Bloomingdale | 569 |
| Cedar Street Community and Family Center | Paw Paw Public School District | Paw Paw | 90 |
| Covert Elementary School | Covert Public Schools | Covert | 140 |
| Covert High School | Covert Public Schools | Covert | 103 |
| Covert Middle School | Covert Public Schools | Covert | 65 |
| Davis Elementary School | Decatur Public Schools | Decatur | 380 |
| Decatur Jr Sr High School | Decatur Public Schools | Decatur | 405 |
| Gobles Elementary School | Gobles Public School District | Gobles | 359 |
| Gobles High School | Gobles Public School District | Gobles | 330 |
| Hartford Alternative Education | Hartford Public Schools | Hartford | 98 |
| Hartford High School | Hartford Public Schools | Hartford | 404 |
| Hartford Middle School | Hartford Public Schools | Hartford | 295 |
| Lawrence Elementary School | Lawrence Public Schools | Lawrence | 207 |
| Lawrence Jrsr High School | Lawrence Public Schools | Lawrence | 212 |
| Lawton Elementary School | Lawton Community School District | Lawton | 401 |
| Lawton High School | Lawton Community School District | Lawton | 289 |
| Lawton Middle School | Lawton Community School District | Lawton | 307 |
| Lincoln School | South Haven Public Schools | South Haven | 234 |
| Maple Grove Elementary School | South Haven Public Schools | South Haven | 302 |
| Mattawan Early Childhood Education Center | Mattawan Consolidated School | Mattawan | 96 |
| Mattawan Early Elem School | Mattawan Consolidated School | Mattawan | 744 |
| Mattawan High School | Mattawan Consolidated School | Mattawan | 1,171 |
| Mattawan Later Elem School | Mattawan Consolidated School | Mattawan | 782 |
| Mattawan Middle School | Mattawan Consolidated School | Mattawan | 817 |
| Michigan Online School | Michigan Online School | Gobles | 925 |
| Paw Paw Early Elementary School | Paw Paw Public School District | Paw Paw | 472 |
| Paw Paw High School | Paw Paw Public School District | Paw Paw | 692 |
| Paw Paw Later Elementary | Paw Paw Public School District | Paw Paw | 462 |
| Paw Paw Middle School | Paw Paw Public School District | Paw Paw | 475 |
| Redwood Elementary | Hartford Public Schools | Hartford | 567 |
| Sister Lakes Elementary School | Dowagiac Union School District | Dowagiac | 181 |
| South Haven High School | South Haven Public Schools | South Haven | 569 |
| South Walnut Elementary School | Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren) | Bangor | 335 |
| Communitybased Transition Center | Van Buren ISD | Lawrence | 47 |
| Gobles Virtual Academy | Gobles Public School District | Gobles | 48 |