Hulbert School District I 16

Hulbert School District I 16, doing business as Hulbert Elementary School, is a rural Oklahoma local government school district that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient for K–12 educational operations and student support services. The district operates exclusively as a grant recipient, not a federal contractor, drawing all federal revenue from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under four recurrent grant programs: the Impact Aid Program (Title VII, Sections 7002 and 7003, CFDA 84.041), the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs, the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, and supplementary sub-grants distributed by the Oklahoma Department of Education for nutrition, student enrichment, and academic support.

The district's 95 federal awards span the past twenty years, with 85% held as prime recipient grants and 15% as sub-recipient allocations. Prime awards center entirely on the four education formula and project grant programs managed by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Impact Aid Sections 7002 and 7003 constitute the anchor, with awards addressing the financial burden created by federally connected students living on or with parents working on federal property or on active duty; Section 7003 awards are computed on statutory formula basis where at least three percent of students qualify as federally connected. The Indian Education Formula Grants support Native American student programming, while the Small, Rural School Achievement Program provides operating support for small, high-poverty districts. Sub-recipient work routes through the Oklahoma Department of Education (13 sub-awards) and the Cherokee Nation (1 sub-award), delivering child nutrition reimbursement, Title IV academic enrichment, and family education programming. The most recent prime awards include a $327,508 Impact Aid Section 7003 project grant awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2031, alongside concurrent Small, Rural School Achievement Program and Indian Education Formula Grant awards effective July 1, 2026, through the 2026–27 and 2027–28 fiscal years.

Activity shows volatility in recent years—five awards in 2022, climbing to twelve in 2024, then dropping to seven in 2025 and three in 2026 (through July). This volatility reflects the cyclical nature of federal education grant calendars rather than a sustained trajectory. The district faces minimal recompete pressure in the next twenty-four months, with only two awards (combined potential value not specified in the source) reaching ultimate completion by October 2027. The customer base is concentrated: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 100% of the 81 prime awards, while the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the Administration for Children and Families deliver sub-recipient funding through state intermediaries. The district has received federal education support consistently since 2006, with the Impact Aid program and Indian Education Grants forming the stable core of federal revenue for rural, federally connected student populations in Hulbert, Oklahoma.