County / FIPS 51057
Essex County
Virginia
Essex County runs 4 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
4
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
257
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Essex County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$91.5M
Per resident
$8,633
Change since FY2021
+17%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $78M |
| 2022 | $76M |
| 2023 | $85M |
| 2024 | $89M |
| 2025 | $92M |
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. Essex County ranks 2430th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Essex County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital | Tappahannock |
Public schools in Essex County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex High | Essex County Public Schools | Tappahannock | 514 |
| James H. Cary Intermediate | Essex County Public Schools | Tappahannock | 333 |
| Tappahannock Elementary | Essex County Public Schools | Tappahannock | 334 |
| Chesapeake Bay Governor'S School | Chesapeake Bay Governor'S School | Tappahannock | — |