Bismarck R5 School

Bismarck R5 School, doing business as Bismarck R-V Elementary School, is a U.S. public school entity based in Bismarck, Missouri, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient through Missouri state education agencies and other state departments. The school does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively in the grant space, with 64% of its awards structured as sub-grants flowing through state intermediaries rather than direct federal receipts.

Bismarck R-V Elementary School's federal footprint centers on K–12 education funding programs administered through state pass-throughs. As a prime recipient, the school holds recurring Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with cycles running July through September across multiple fiscal years (2022–2027). As a sub-recipient, the school draws funding from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for Title I Part A (Educationally Deprived), IDEA Part B (special education), Title II.A (teacher quality and professional development), and Child Nutrition Program Block consolidated grants. The school also receives sub-grant funding from the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services for child nutrition programs and from the Missouri Department of Social Services for Juvenile Accountability Grant (JAG) programming. COVID-19 mitigation funding flowed through the school in 2022 via the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services for regular COVID-19 screening testing, and American Rescue Plan ESSER emergency relief sub-awards arrived through the state education department in 2023 and 2024.

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates the customer concentration, accounting for 26 of 44 total awards (59% of activity by count). The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service represents 7 awards, and the Department of Health and Human Services, split between the Administration for Children and Families (6 awards) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1 award), rounds out the federal customer set. All five distinct customer agencies are reflected in the top_customers coverage of 95%, indicating that Bismarck R-V's federal funding stream is narrow and specialized to education and child nutrition programs.

Recent award activity has fluctuated moderately — four awards in 2022 declining to four in 2026 — with a peak of eleven awards in 2024. Combined obligated dollars across the full portfolio total $6.3 million, suggesting modest annual allocations consistent with a single elementary school's federal receipt profile. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete cliff exposure in the near term. The school's role as a 64% sub-recipient institution means it operates downstream of state education and social-services agencies rather than as an independent federal contractor, and its grant relationships are recurring entitlements under formula programs rather than competitive procurements. This structure positions Bismarck R-V as a direct service provider to students and families rather than as a vendor in the traditional federal contracting sense.