Bakersfield R IV School District

Bakersfield R IV School District, doing business as Bakersfield Junior-Senior High School, is a rural not-for-profit school district located in Bakersfield, Missouri, that receives federal education and infrastructure grants as a prime recipient (41% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient of funds passed through state education and emergency-management agencies (59% of recent awards). The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its footprint consists entirely of grant funding from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture.

The district's customer concentration is heavily concentrated in education funding. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for the plurality of awards (28 of 46 total, 96% coverage across the top five agencies), followed by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (8 awards) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (5 awards). Prime grant work includes recurring Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (annual awards from 2022 through 2026, with the most recent awarded July 1, 2026, and completion slated for September 30, 2027) and a $512,773 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant (CFDA 10.855) from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, awarded September 23, 2025, for distance learning infrastructure and advanced technologies to serve students and rural residents through September 23, 2027. As a sub-recipient, Bakersfield R IV receives pass-through awards from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education covering Title I Part A (Educationally Deprived), IDEA Part B, and the Child Nutrition Program Block Grant Consolidated, as well as sub-awards from the Missouri Department of Public Safety for emergency protective measures and debris removal related to disaster recovery operations, including American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief funding.

Activity has grown moderately — three awards in 2022 to nine in 2026 — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure. Combined obligated dollars across the entire federal footprint total $4.3 million. The district's grant profile is characteristic of rural school-district recipients: formula education funding supplemented by disaster-recovery pass-throughs and categorical programs for special education and nutrition support.