Herman Norcross Community School Distric

Herman Norcross Community School District, doing business as Herman Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and Minnesota school district that receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 10.582). The district operates as a primary recipient of formula grants rather than a federal contractor, with 90% of its recent federal footprint consisting of prime grant awards and the remainder from sub-grant participation.

The district's federal funding is concentrated entirely within two agencies: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (19 awards across the past five years) and a single award from the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. Herman Norcross has received consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1 in each of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each carrying ultimate completion dates running through September 30 of the following year. The district also participated as a sub-recipient on a January 2, 2024 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program sub-grant from the Minnesota Department of Education, which passed through federal Food and Nutrition Service funds. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $227 thousand over the source's time period. The district's recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months includes one award with an ultimate completion date within that window. Activity has remained steady but low-volume, with one or two awards per year across 2022 through 2026, reflecting the formula-grant structure of the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, which distributes recurring federal support to eligible rural and small school districts according to statutory allocation formulas rather than through competitive procurement.