Mapleton School District 32

Mapleton School District 32, doing business as Mapleton Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Mapleton, Oregon that operates as a federal grant recipient—primarily sub-recipient—under education and nutrition programs administered by the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The district receives no federal contracts but operates entirely on the grant side, with 74% of its federal awards flowing through sub-grant relationships with the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon State University serving as prime grantees.

The district's federal footprint centers on K–12 education and student support programs. As a prime recipient, Mapleton has received five formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1 in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each carrying completion windows through September 30 of the following year. As a sub-recipient, the district participates in a dense portfolio of education grants flowing through the Oregon Department of Education, including Title I Part A/D Basic Grants to LEAs (Local Educational Agencies), Supporting Effective Instruction grants, Student Support and Academic Enrichment programs, IDEA Part B 611 and 619 special education grants, the Child Nutrition Program Fresh Fruit and Vegetable grants, Rural School Library Revitalization grants, and American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER pandemic relief funding. The district also participates in Oregon GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) sub-grants administered through Oregon State University and Career and Technical Education Basic Grants flowing through the Oregon Department of Education.

Customer concentration is extremely high and stable. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) together account for 95% of the district's 85 total awards across all periods. OESE alone represents 55 awards (the dominant majority), OSERS carries 13 awards, and the Office of Postsecondary Education accounts for 6 awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (Child Nutrition Programs) supplies 5 awards, and the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration provides 2 awards. All customer agencies are education-aligned; there is no defense or civilian agency exposure.

Activity remained relatively flat over the past five years—6 awards in 2022, peaking at 13 in 2023, then declining to 9 in 2026—with combined dollars obligated across all awards (prime and sub, spanning the entire source record) totaling $3.3 million. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district's federal engagement is characteristic of a small rural K–12 district with steady multi-year participation in formula-based education entitlements and student-support programs rather than competitive procurement activity. Federal contractors seeking to provide goods or services to the district would do so as sub-vendors to the Oregon Department of Education or as direct suppliers to the school district on non-federal purchasing, rather than as federal contract partners.