Marmaduke School District

Marmaduke School District, doing business as Marmaduke Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and public school district located in Marmaduke, Arkansas, that receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient under formula grants and reimbursement-based programs administered by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The district does not hold prime contracts or IDVs and operates exclusively in a sub-recipient capacity on education and nutrition programs.

The district's federal grant portfolio centers on four principal programs. Title I funding supports qualifying personnel salaries, student achievement improvement, literacy and math materials, after-school and summer tutoring, professional development, and parent engagement. The Student Support and Academic Enrichment program (ESEA section 4101) funds well-rounded education access, school conditions improvement, and technology deployment for digital literacy. Title II funding addresses teacher and principal quality through professional development, recruitment, retention, hiring, and induction. Early childhood special education under IDEA Part B funds speech, occupational, and physical therapy services and salaries for special education teachers serving children ages three to five with disabilities. Child nutrition program reimbursement flows from USDA for breakfast, lunch, and after-school snacks claimed under federal nutrition standards. The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program provides produce for elementary students. The district also receives Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants directly from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, awarded on July 1, 2025 (completing September 30, 2026) and July 1, 2026 (completing September 30, 2027).

The district's customer concentration is concentrated: the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 22 of 42 total awards in the source data, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 16 awards, and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 4 awards. These three agencies represent 100% of identified awards. All funding flows through the Department of Education Arkansas as the prime grantee, with the district receiving sub-awards for program implementation. Recent award activity reflects a cyclical pattern tied to fiscal-year education funding — seven awards in 2024, seven in 2025, and one recorded through July 2026 — with thirteen awards recorded in 2023. The district faces one award completion within the next twenty-four months. Total obligated federal dollars across all awards in the source data sum to $2.1 million, reflecting the district's role as a rural elementary school recipient of entitlement and reimbursement-based nutrition and special education funding rather than discretionary grant recipient.