Magazine School District

Magazine School District, a public school district based in Magazine, Arkansas, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient across elementary and secondary education, child nutrition, and school safety programs, and acts as a sub-recipient on the majority of its federal awards (63% of recent grants) flowing through the Arkansas Department of Education.

Magazine School District operates exclusively in the federal grant space with no contract prime or sub-awards. The district's federal footprint reflects its status as a rural public school entity serving K–12 students in northwest Arkansas. Recent prime grant work includes a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (award date July 1, 2026, completion September 30, 2027), a Community Oriented Policing Office School Violence Prevention Program project grant for school security and evidence-based safety initiatives (award date October 1, 2022, completion September 30, 2025), and a cooperative agreement with the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to pilot "Arkansas's Fresh Network," a transformative school meal model incorporating nutritional and contaminant testing of vendor-supplied and scratch-cooked meals, professional development for nutrition teams, equipment purchases including combi ovens, and curriculum integration across career and technical education and health classes (award date August 1, 2025, completion July 31, 2026).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The top five agencies account for 100% of recent awards: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education leads with 32 awards, followed by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service with 19 awards, the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services with 4 awards, the Community Oriented Policing Program with 1 award, and the Food and Drug Administration with 1 award. The district's sub-recipient activity flows primarily through the Arkansas Department of Education, which passes through Title I, Title II teacher quality, Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE), special education (IDEA Part B), McKinney-Vento homeless assistance, Child Nutrition Program reimbursements, and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funds. Over the past five years (2022–2026), the district averaged 8.6 awards per year, with recent volatility (9 awards in 2023, 9 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 1 recorded for 2026 as of the data snapshot). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $3.7 million. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing limited immediate recompete exposure in the federal pipeline.