Hatton Eielson Public School

Hatton Eielson Public School, doing business as Hatton Eielson Elementary School, is a rural North Dakota school district that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The school district does not hold federal contracts; all its federal activity is grant-funded, with 73% of recent awards flowing through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the prime grantee.

Hatton Eielson Elementary School operates as a school district entity (NAICS classification aligned to public elementary and secondary education) headquartered in Hatton, North Dakota. The school district holds no SBA certifications and competes for funding exclusively through federal education and nutrition assistance grant programs rather than competitive procurement vehicles. Federal grant funding to the school district totals $944 thousand across 92 awards since 2006, with activity accelerating in recent years — two awards in 2022, twelve in 2023, eleven in 2024, nineteen in 2025, and twenty-seven in 2026 through early July.

The school district's federal grant footprint concentrates on two customer agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 60 awards, anchored by the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP). The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 31 awards, including the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grant awards in July 2022, July 2024, July 2025, and July 2026 with September completion deadlines) and Title I funding. Together these two agencies account for 99% of awards. The school district acts as prime recipient on Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants but receives the bulk of its other federal education and nutrition funding as a sub-recipient from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, which serves as the state intermediary for USDA nutrition programs and Department of Education Title I and other allocations. Sub-awards flow to the school district for NSLP Free/Reduced, NSLP Paid, SBP, FFVP, Title I, and Child Nutrition Block Grant programs, with monthly or quarterly distributions throughout the calendar year.

Only one award in the school district's portfolio reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a stable, ongoing grant receipt posture rather than significant recompete exposure.