“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.
4 school districts have their office in Cleburne County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $18.8 million — $17.2 million to run schools, about $10,613 per student, plus $583,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $13.6 million state, $5 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.7 million.
Spent $10.7 million — $9.3 million to run schools, about $10,512 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $9 million.
Spent $8.4 million — $7.9 million to run schools, about $15,557 per student, plus $341,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $5.5 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.2 million.
Spent $7.4 million — $6.2 million to run schools, about $16,507 per student, plus $776,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $4.5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $2.8 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 Cleburne County about $23.2 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.
53 bridges in Cleburne County: 25 in good condition, 26 fair, and 2 poor (3.8%). “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.
| E.8TH ST. Heber Sp over SULPHUR CREEK · built 1994 | 457 vehicles a day |
| CR13/Cleburne Co. over TAYLOR CREEK · built 1930 | 66 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5.8 million of work in Cleburne County in fiscal 2025, about $235 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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