Inola Independent School District 5

Inola Independent School District 5, doing business as Inola Public Schools, is a U.S. government entity (public school district) headquartered in Inola, Oklahoma, that acts as a federal grant recipient for K–12 education and child nutrition programs. The district does not hold federal contracts or compete for procurements; instead, it receives direct formula grants and sub-grants from federal education and nutrition programs administered through the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture, routed both as prime recipient and as sub-recipient from Oklahoma state education agencies and the Cherokee Nation.

The district's federal footprint centers on two program families. As a prime recipient, Inola receives annual formula grants under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060), which funds culturally appropriate instruction, Native language and history curriculum, and professional development for teachers serving Indian student populations. The most recent award, issued July 1, 2026 by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, carries $101,177 for the period through June 30, 2027; prior awards under the same program ran consecutively from July 2022 through June 2026. As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through funding from the Oklahoma Department of Education and the Cherokee Nation for child nutrition reimbursement (supporting school meal programs), teacher quality improvement, academic achievement support in rural and low-income areas, and early childhood health services. The sub-grant portfolio includes at least sixteen nutrition reimbursement awards from the state education agency between 2023 and 2026, plus smaller allocations for vocational education, tribal self-governance initiatives, and Title I and Title IV school-improvement funding.

Customer concentration is entirely within the education and nutrition space. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for twenty-four awards, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for seventeen, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families for three, with one award from the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education. All forty-five awards in the source represent prime and sub-recipient grant activity; no federal contracts or contract vehicles appear. The district's combined federal dollars obligated total $3.5 million across the portfolio. Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to a peak of sixteen in 2024, with six in 2025 and two in 2026; only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the immediate window.