Crocker R-Ii School District

Crocker R-II School District, doing business as Crocker High School, is a tax-exempt non-profit school district based in Crocker, Missouri that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient for K-12 educational programs and related school safety initiatives. The district does not hold prime federal contracts and operates exclusively through the federal grant channel, where it acts as both a direct recipient of grants from the Department of Education and the Department of Justice, and as a sub-recipient of pass-through funding from the Missouri Department of Education and other Missouri state agencies.

The district's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in educational formula and project grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 46 of 63 total awards (92% of the active portfolio by count). The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education funds the district through two principal grant programs: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants) and Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 (project grants), with awards running multi-year performance periods extending through fiscal year 2031. Representative prime grant work includes a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant awarded July 1, 2026 with ultimate completion on September 30, 2027; an Impact Aid Program project grant awarded October 1, 2025 running through September 30, 2031; and a $208,530 project grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Program awarded October 1, 2024 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program for school violence prevention and evidence-based school security improvements through September 30, 2027. The district also received a Distance Learning Grant from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded September 11, 2024. Secondary federal customer relationships include the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (5 awards) and the Department of Defense Education Activity (4 awards).

As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through funding from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for Title I Part A (Educationally Deprived), IDEA Part B special education grants, Child Nutrition Program (CNP) Block Consolidated funding, and American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) allocations; the district also received sub-award COVID-19 screening support from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in 2022. Activity has averaged six awards per year over the past five years, with only one award facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating sustained multi-year funding stability. Combined dollars obligated across all 63 awards total $7.1 million.