Arapaho School District I-5

Arapaho School District I-5, doing business as Arapaho-Butler High School, is a U.S. local government school district entity based in Arapaho, Oklahoma, that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and, to a lesser extent, participates in federal nutrition programs through sub-awards from the Oklahoma State Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and competes only in federal grant programs serving rural and high-need public education.

The district's federal footprint centers on two recurring grant programs managed by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Since 2022, Arapaho School District I-5 has been a prime recipient of annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants (July award dates, running through September of the following year) and multi-year Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7002 project grants (award dates staggered from November 2023 through October 2025, with ultimate completion dates spanning through September 2031). Recent prime awards include a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant effective July 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and an Impact Aid Program project grant awarded October 1, 2025, with final performance due September 30, 2031. The district also receives sub-awards from the Oklahoma State Department of Education for child nutrition reimbursement (most recently May 22, 2026) and Title IV, Part A academic achievement initiatives under the Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative and the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of the district's 45 recent federal awards derive from two agencies — the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (43 awards) and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (2 awards). The district acts as a prime recipient on 91% of awards and as a sub-recipient on 9%. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.4 million, reflecting the nature of rural school district funding through formula and project grants rather than competitive contracts. Activity has remained flat to modest over the past five years — two awards in 2022, three in 2023, four in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026. Only one award reaches completion within the next twenty-four months, posing minimal recompete pressure in the immediate window.