County / FIPS 55021
Columbia County
Wisconsin
Columbia County runs 33 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
33
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
2
Land area
766
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Columbia County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$450.1M
Per resident
$7,696
Change since FY2021
+10%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $409M |
| 2022 | $373M |
| 2023 | $418M |
| 2024 | $591M |
| 2025 | $450M |
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. Columbia County ranks 935th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Columbia County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital | Portage | |
| Columbus Community Hospital | Columbus |
Public schools in Columbia County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Friesland Elementary | Cambria-Friesland School District | Cambria | 147 |
| Cambria Friesland Middle/High | Cambria-Friesland School District | Cambria | 162 |
| Columbus Elementary | Columbus School District | Columbus | 438 |
| Columbus High | Columbus School District | Columbus | 385 |
| Columbus Middle | Columbus School District | Columbus | 265 |
| Discovery Charter School | Columbus School District | Columbus | 73 |
| Fall River Elementary | Fall River School District | Fall River | 234 |
| Fall River High | Fall River School District | Fall River | 265 |
| Lewiston Elementary | Portage Community School District | Portage | 94 |
| Lodi Elementary | Lodi School District | Lodi | 230 |
| Lodi High | Lodi School District | Lodi | 451 |
| Lodi Middle | Lodi School District | Lodi | 335 |
| Lodi Primary | Lodi School District | Lodi | 395 |
| Muir Elementary | Portage Community School District | Portage | 422 |
| Ouisconsing School of Collaboration | Lodi School District | Lodi | 80 |
| Pardeeville Elementary | Pardeeville Area School District | Pardeeville | 355 |
| Pardeeville High | Pardeeville Area School District | Pardeeville | 266 |
| Pardeeville Middle | Pardeeville Area School District | Pardeeville | 244 |
| Portage High | Portage Community School District | Portage | 706 |
| Portage Partnering Preschool | Portage Community School District | Portage | 148 |
| Poynette Elementary | Poynette School District | Poynette | 412 |
| Poynette High | Poynette School District | Poynette | 307 |
| Poynette Middle | Poynette School District | Poynette | 276 |
| Rio Elementary | Rio Community School District | Rio | 170 |
| Rio Middle/High | Rio Community School District | Rio | 190 |
| Spring Hill Elementary | Wisconsin Dells School District | Wisconsin Dells | 608 |
| Wayne Bartels Middle | Portage Community School District | Portage | 406 |
| Wisconsin Dells Middle School | Wisconsin Dells School District | Wisconsin Dells | 387 |
| Woodridge Elementary | Portage Community School District | Portage | 220 |
| Portage Academy of Achievement | Portage Community School District | Portage | 25 |
| Columbia Correctional Institution | Wisconsin Department of Corrections | Portage | — |
| Columbus Intermediate | Columbus School District | Columbus | — |
| Rusch Elementary | Portage Community School District | Portage | — |