“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 Lonoke County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $126.4 million — $115.4 million to run schools, about $10,792 per student, plus $9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.4 million local (mostly property tax), $94.1 million state, $14.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $65.2 million.
Spent $21.8 million — $18.5 million to run schools, about $11,548 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.9 million local (mostly property tax), $15.2 million state, $4.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $36.3 million.
Spent $9.2 million — $8.7 million to run schools, about $12,900 per student, plus $234,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.6 million local (mostly property tax), $6.3 million state, $1.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.2 million.
Spent $10.1 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $14,270 per student, plus $546,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.1 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 Lonoke County about $41.1 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
189 bridges in Lonoke County: 105 in good condition, 75 fair, and 9 poor (4.8%). “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.
| SH 367 Log 9.36 over CYPRESS RELIEF · built 1939 | 3,524 vehicles a day |
| SH 31 Log 3.54 over SALT BAYOU · built 1955 | 720 vehicles a day |
| SH 13 Log 0.88 over CROOKED CREEK · built 1968 | 340 vehicles a day |
| CR 61 KERR RD over I-40 LOG 164.81 · built 1963 | 280 vehicles a day |
| CR 67 FAIRVIEW over WATTENSAW · built 2000 | 160 vehicles a day |
| Northcutt Road over TWO PRAIRIE BAYOU · built 1990 | 86 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $22 million of work in Lonoke County in fiscal 2025, about $297 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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