“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 Fulton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $10.8 million — $9.6 million to run schools, about $10,983 per student, plus $1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.4 million state, $2.3 million federal.
Spent $8.4 million — $6.9 million to run schools, about $13,494 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $891,000 local (mostly property tax), $5.3 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $1.9 million.
Spent $6.2 million — $5.7 million to run schools, about $14,610 per student, plus $467,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $4.1 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.2 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 Fulton County about $9.4 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.
104 bridges in Fulton County: 32 in good condition, 59 fair, and 13 poor (12.5%). “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.
| SH 9/Fulton County over CREEK · built 1926 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 9/Fulton County over Little Strawberry Creek · built 1926 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 9/Fulton County over CREEK · built 1926 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| SH 395/Fulton Co. over PINE HILL CREEK · built 1960 | 1,200 vehicles a day |
| Cr74/Fulton Co. over SPRING RIVER · built 1916 | 779 vehicles a day |
| SH 223/Fulton Co. over BIG CREEK · built 1919 | 740 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $7.7 million of work in Fulton County in fiscal 2025, about $641 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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