Mcalester School District #I-80

Mcalester School District #I-80, doing business as Mcalester High School, is a U.S. local government school district based in McAlester, Oklahoma, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient to support educational programs serving American Indian and Alaska Native students. The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal activity flows through grant awards from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The district's federal footprint centers on two grant programs. The Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060) supplies recurring annual formula grants averaging $233,000 to $253,000 per year, with the most recent award of $227,706 covering July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. These funds support targeted academic instruction, cultural programming, professional development for teachers, and specialized student support services designed to address the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Native American students and help them meet challenging state performance standards while maintaining cultural identity. The Impact Aid program (Title VII, Section 7003), categorized as project grants, has provided multiyear funding cycles; three Impact Aid project grants appear in the recent record with completion dates extending through 2027 and 2029. The district also appears as a sub-recipient on an Adult Education State Grant Program sub-award from the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education dated August 20, 2025.

Department of Education funding accounts for 100% of the 39 awards in the source data, covering a combined $6.4 million in obligated dollars over twenty years. Activity has been episodic — one award in 2024, two in 2025, and one in the current year — reflecting the formula-grant structure typical of Title I Indian Education funding and the multi-year project cycles of Impact Aid. One award is scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months, creating limited near-term recompete exposure. The district acts as prime recipient on 97% of recent awards and appears as a sub-recipient in only one instance. Operationally, place of performance is McAlester, Oklahoma, where the district serves a significant Native American student population through federally supported elementary and secondary education initiatives anchored to state academic standards and cultural preservation objectives.