Midway Public School

Midway Public School, doing business as Midway Elementary School, is a state government entity and public educational institution located in Inkster, North Dakota that operates as a recipient of federal education and nutrition grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The school functions primarily as a sub-recipient (85% of recent awards) rather than a prime grantee, flowing federal funds through pass-through state grants managed by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.

Midway Elementary's federal footprint centers on two grant programs with recurring annual awards. As a prime recipient, the school receives formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) — five consecutive annual awards issued July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026, with each award running through September 30 of the following year. The most recent prime award, issued July 1, 2026, carries an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. Beyond that single active prime stream, the school operates almost exclusively as a sub-recipient of nutrition and food-service grants flowing from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction on behalf of the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service. The sub-award portfolio includes recurring monthly and quarterly distributions for the National School Lunch Program (paid and free/reduced categories), School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Child Nutrition Block Grants, Summer Food Service Program administration and meals, and pandemic-related school food service support (ESSER II grants). A single sub-award dated July 28, 2026 references terrorism prevention, protection, and response capacity.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 72 of the 92 total awards (78% of the portfolio), while the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 18 awards (20%). The combined obligated value across all ninety-two awards totals $578 thousand, reflecting the formula-grant and pass-through character of the school's federal footprint rather than competitive procurement. Activity has grown modestly from three awards in 2022 to a peak of twenty-six awards in 2026 (year-to-date through July), driven by the monthly and quarterly frequency of sub-award distributions from state nutrition programs. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reducing immediate recompete exposure. The school maintains no position on federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; all federal funding flows through either direct Department of Education formula grants or sub-recipient allocations from state education agencies.