“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.
5 school districts have their office in Hot Spring County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $33.9 million — $25.3 million to run schools, about $13,827 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $19 million state, $8.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.2 million.
Spent $11.8 million — $10.8 million to run schools, about $10,539 per student, plus $813,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $9.1 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.3 million.
Spent $13.8 million — $11.7 million to run schools, about $11,857 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $9.2 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4 million.
Spent $13.6 million — $9.1 million to run schools, about $12,617 per student, plus $3.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.9 million local (mostly property tax), $7.5 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $19 million.
Spent $5.8 million — $5.3 million to run schools, about $9,707 per student, plus $340,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $623,000 local (mostly property tax), $4.9 million state, $717,000 federal. Long-term debt: $5.3 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 Hot Spring County about $13.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
222 bridges in Hot Spring County: 48 in good condition, 163 fair, and 11 poor (5.0%). “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.
| US 270B Log 2.23 over FRONT ST UPRR &1ST · built 1955 | 18,000 vehicles a day |
| I-30 EB Log 97.06 over Ouachita Rvr; Riverview · built 1963 | 15,000 vehicles a day |
| I-30 WB Log 84.11 over West Fork Delisle Creek · built 1967 | 14,500 vehicles a day |
| US 270 WB over I-30 Log 97.98 · built 1964 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| US 270 E.B. over I-30 Log 97.98 · built 1964 | 8,500 vehicles a day |
| US 67 Log 3.11 over UNION PACIFIC RR · built 1931 | 4,500 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14 million of work in Hot Spring County in fiscal 2025, about $424 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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