Biloxi Public School Dist

Biloxi Public School District, operating as School Administration, is a U.S. local government entity and public school district that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to support K–12 education, student services, and school infrastructure in Biloxi, Mississippi. The district operates eight schools serving approximately 1,400 students and has secured over $54.8 million in combined federal grant dollars across 83 awards since 2006, with 66% of recent awards flowing through sub-recipient arrangements and 34% received as direct prime grants.

Biloxi Public School District's customer base centers on federal education and nutrition programs. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education leads with 32 awards, followed closely by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (29 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (10 awards). The Department of Defense Education Activity (5 awards) and the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition (3 awards) comprise the remainder of the top five customers, which together account for 95% of all recent awards. This concentration reflects the district's recurring eligibility for Impact Aid (CFDA 84.041, Title VII Section 7003) formula grants, which the district has received consecutively since February 2022, and its status as a military-connected school district serving active-duty military families.

As a direct prime recipient, Biloxi Public School District has secured several significant competitive and formula grants. Most recent is a $3.531 million five-year Project Grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity awarded July 27, 2026, under the Competitive Grants: Promoting K–12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556) to modernize military-connected school facilities, with performance through July 2031. The district also received a $791,629 Impact Aid grant from the Department of Education awarded October 1, 2025, extending through September 2031, which offsets educational costs associated with federally connected children and military-dependent students. Additional direct awards include a $1.25 million DoDEA competitive grant (September 2024) supporting the World Language Advancement and Readiness Program (WLARP), a $1 million DoDEA grant (September 2023) for military-connected local education agency academic and support programs, and an $11.455 million Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act grant from EPA Region 4 (April 2024) for purchasing zero-emission electric school buses, charging infrastructure, and related training and curriculum integration through March 2027.

Sub-recipient funding flows primarily through the Mississippi Department of Education, which passes through federal education grants including Title I Part A (basic and 1003A allocations), Title II Part A (educator support), Title III (English language programs), Title IV (student support and academic enrichment), IDEA Part B (special education), preschool grants, and Child Nutrition Program allocations (both block grants and competitive cash-in-lieu). The district received monthly or quarterly CNP sub-awards throughout 2023–2026 and ongoing Title and IDEA sub-awards aligned with federal fiscal-year cycles. These pass-through mechanisms reflect the district's integration into Mississippi's state-level education funding ecosystem and consistent enrollment of economically disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-needs populations.

Recent activity shows growth from one award in 2022 to a peak of 34 awards in 2024, with activity moderating to 13 awards in 2025 and 8 awards through July 2026. The recompete window for the next twenty-four months carries only one award facing completion, indicating sustained multi-year funding commitments across the portfolio. The district's federal grant footprint centers on military-connected student support, student nutrition programs, special education, English language acquisition, Title I academic support, educator professional development, and school infrastructure modernization — all administered through direct grants or sub-recipient pass-throughs from the state education agency.