“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
3 school districts have their office in Franklin County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $24.2 million — $20.9 million to run schools, about $11,776 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.7 million local (mostly property tax), $15.8 million state, $4.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.3 million.
Spent $10.1 million — $9.3 million to run schools, about $10,417 per student, plus $574,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.9 million.
Spent $6.6 million — $6.1 million to run schools, about $10,874 per student, plus $295,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $844,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.2 million state, $1.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $5.8 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Franklin County about $9.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
142 bridges in Franklin County: 37 in good condition, 91 fair, and 14 poor (9.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| State Highway 23 over Arkansas River & Uprr · built 1930 | 6,925 vehicles a day |
| US Highway 64 over Hicks Creek-Franklin Co. · built 1931 | 3,700 vehicles a day |
| SH 23-Franklin Co. over North White Oak Creek · built 1951 | 1,732 vehicles a day |
| SH 23-Franklin Co over Mulberry River · built 1935 | 1,700 vehicles a day |
| Wire Road over Maxey Creek · built 1960 | 410 vehicles a day |
| Wire Road over Creek · built 1986 | 410 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2 million of work in Franklin County in fiscal 2025, about $117 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
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