Harper Independent School District

Harper Independent School District, doing business as Harper Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and school district headquartered in Harper, Texas that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not compete on procurements; its federal footprint consists entirely of formula grants and sub-grants for K–12 educational programs.

Harper ISD's prime federal award activity centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district has received five consecutive annual awards under this program (July 2022 through July 2026), with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026 and ultimate completion scheduled for September 30, 2027. In addition to direct formula grants, Harper ISD receives sub-grants routed through the Texas Education Agency, the state administrative pass-through for federal K–12 programs. Recent sub-grant activity includes Title I, Part A supplemental funding for schools with high concentrations of low-income students (awards in July 2022, July 2023, August 2024, and July 2025, with amendments through May 2025); an Effective Advising Framework (EAF) sub-grant supporting career and technical education pathways and individual student planning systems (two awards in November 2024); and a Title I sub-grant award in July 2024. The Texas Education Agency acts as the prime grantee on all sub-awards Harper ISD receives.

The district's federal portfolio is narrow and concentrated. Of 34 total awards (prime and sub combined) across the source data period, 31 awards (97% of the footprint by count) come from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with one award each from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and the Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education. Harper ISD operates as a prime recipient on 59% of its awards (20 awards) and as a sub-recipient on 41% (14 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $2.2 million. Activity has remained modest and stable — three awards in 2022 and 2023, five in 2024, three in 2025, and two in 2026 — with one award reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months. Harper ISD's federal engagement reflects the operational reality of a small rural school district drawing formula grant support and categorical educational funding through state pass-through mechanisms rather than competing for procurement contracts or managing complex grant portfolios.