County / FIPS 37149
Polk County
North Carolina
Polk County runs 7 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
7
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
238
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Polk County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$315.7M
Per resident
$16,335
Change since FY2021
+101%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $157M |
| 2022 | $157M |
| 2023 | $174M |
| 2024 | $185M |
| 2025 | $316M |
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. Polk County ranks 1204th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Polk County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Advent Health Polk | Columbus |
Public schools in Polk County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk Central Elementary School | Polk County Schools | Mill Spring | 341 |
| Polk County Early College | Polk County Schools | Columbus | 84 |
| Polk County High School | Polk County Schools | Columbus | 579 |
| Polk County Middle School | Polk County Schools | Mill Spring | 475 |
| Saluda Elementary School | Polk County Schools | Saluda | 146 |
| Sunny View Elementary School | Polk County Schools | Mill Spring | 134 |
| Tryon Elementary School | Polk County Schools | Tryon | 407 |