Butner School

Butner School, operating as Butner Public School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Cromwell, Oklahoma, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not serve as a subcontractor on contracts; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant work.

Butner Public School is a small, rural school district operating under the structure of a U.S. government entity. It competes for and receives formula grants and project grants through federal education programs serving districts with significant Native American student populations and limited local resources. The district's grant work spans three primary federal grant programs: Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (recurring annual awards), the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants), and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (project grants). The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 55 of 57 total awards in the source data; the remaining two awards flow through the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, likely related to school meal reimbursement or nutrition programs. Combined obligations across all awards total $2.1 million.

Prime grant awards account for 91% of the district's federal footprint (52 awards). Butner School also receives five federal grant sub-awards flowing from the State Department of Education as the prime grantee, covering school nutrition reimbursement, teacher and principal quality improvement, and comprehensive school improvement initiatives under Title IV, Part A and Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Most recent prime awards include Indian Education Formula Grants (awarded July 1, 2026, completing June 30, 2027) and the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (awarded July 1, 2025, completing September 30, 2026). Two multi-year Impact Aid project grants extend through 2027 and 2028 respectively, awarded in early 2023.

Activity has remained modest and relatively flat across the past five years (three to five awards annually), with two awards in 2026 year to date. The recompete cliff shows only one award with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term grant-renewal exposure. The district serves two federal customer agencies; the Department of Education dominates the portfolio and defines the operating model entirely.