Howell Valley School

Howell Valley School, a public school district in West Plains, Missouri, operates as a prime recipient of federal education grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with supplemental sub-recipient awards flowing through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.

Howell Valley School is a U.S. local government entity structured as a school district. The district's federal footprint centers entirely on formula grants and sub-grant allocations for K-12 education and child nutrition programs, with no contract prime or subcontract work. The district does not compete for federal contracts and operates outside set-aside categories applicable to for-profit vendors.

The district's grant activity concentrates with the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 28 of 36 total awards (78% of activity). Prime grants include four consecutive Small Rural School Achievement Program formula grants (awarded July 2022, 2023, 2025, and 2026, with the most recent completing September 30, 2027). Sub-grant awards cascade through Missouri's state education agency and include Title I Part A funding for educationally disadvantaged students, IDEA Part B special education allocations, Consolidated Child Nutrition Program blocks, and American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund (ARP-ESSER) pass-throughs. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service represents the second customer source with four awards, all tied to child nutrition programming. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for two awards.

Over the past five years, award volume has remained modest and flat — three awards in 2022, four in 2023, five in 2024, three in 2025, and four in 2026 — with a combined $3.3 million obligated across all 36 awards since 2007. Only one award reaches completion in the next twenty-four months, reflecting a stable funding environment with minimal recompete exposure. The district's split between prime and sub-recipient status is roughly even (53% prime, 47% sub), with the majority of sub-recipient awards issued as pass-through allocations from Missouri's state education agency rather than as competitive sub-awards on federal contracts. Federal grant work supports core district operations including instruction, special education services, and student meal programs aligned to rural-school disadvantage and nutritional support missions.