“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 Saline County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $112 million — $97.7 million to run schools, about $10,006 per student, plus $10.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.8 million local (mostly property tax), $87.6 million state, $13.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $119.4 million.
Spent $82.9 million — $55.3 million to run schools, about $9,367 per student, plus $23.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9 million local (mostly property tax), $57.8 million state, $9.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $79 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $16.6 million to run schools, about $9,976 per student, plus $711,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $14.4 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.9 million.
Spent $19.2 million — $13.2 million to run schools, about $10,604 per student, plus $5.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.2 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $4.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 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 Saline County about $40.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
233 bridges in Saline County: 133 in good condition, 94 fair, and 6 poor (2.6%). “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 167-SEC 12 NB over I 530 SB LNS Log 10.00 · built 1963 | 12,000 vehicles a day |
| CR 72 D Unity Road over Lees Creek · built 2002 | 226 vehicles a day |
| CR 59D Danville Rd over MIDDLE FORK SALINE RIVER · built 1997 | 208 vehicles a day |
| CR 17 Zone F over I-30 Log 106.35 · built 1963 | 12 vehicles a day |
| CR 74 Mt.Ida Road over ALUM FORK RELIEF · built 1960 | 10 vehicles a day |
| CR 57 Mt. Ida Road over LITTLE ALUM FORK · built 1997 | 10 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $14.4 million of work in Saline County in fiscal 2025, about $116 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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