Lakeland R 3 School District

Lakeland R 3 School District, operating as Lakeland Elementary School, is a rural Missouri K–12 public school district that receives federal education and nutrition funding as a prime grant recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and as a sub-recipient from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education under multiple federal education and child nutrition programs.

Lakeland operates primarily as a grant recipient (64% of 59 total awards) with subordinate sub-recipient activity (36%), competing in full-and-open federal grant programs rather than set-asides. The district is headquartered in Deepwater, Missouri, at 12530 Lakeland School Dr, and carries a U.S. Government Entity classification as a local school district. Lakeland's federal customer base concentrates heavily on education and nutrition funders: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 48 awards (81% of the portfolio), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for 6 awards, the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for 2 awards, and the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service for 1 award, yielding 97% portfolio concentration in four agencies.

As a prime recipient, Lakeland holds active awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grant; most recent award Jul 1, 2026, completion Sep 30, 2027) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7002 (project grant; most recent award Oct 1, 2025, completion Sep 30, 2031). In its sub-recipient role, Lakeland receives flow-through funding from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education under Title I Part A (Educationally Deprived), IDEA Part B (special education), Child Nutrition Program Block Grant (CNP Block and CNP Block Consolidated), and pandemic-relief programs including the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund (ARP-ESSER). Recent sub-awards also include local food procurement (LOCALFOOD23) and fruit and vegetable grants (FRUITVEG26) passed through from Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, both dated Jul 22, 2026.

Award activity has remained steady over the past five years (four to six awards annually), with cumulative obligation across all 59 awards totaling $7.1 million. Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating low recompete turnover in the near term. The district's federal footprint is characteristic of rural school districts: nutrition support, Title I poverty-targeted instruction, special education, and rural school formula assistance, all routed through state-level pass-through mechanisms or direct federal formula-grant channels rather than competitive procurement vehicles.