Mineral Springs School District

Mineral Springs School District, doing business as Mineral Springs High School, is a U.S. local government entity and public school district headquartered in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, that operates as a federal grant recipient under Department of Education and Department of Agriculture child nutrition and special education programs. The district does not hold federal contracts; it receives and administers federal grant funds passed through the State of Arkansas Department of Education as the prime grantee agency.

The district's federal footprint is 100% grant-based, with 39 total awards across a twenty-year span. Of these, 20 are prime grants (51%) and 19 are sub-grants received from Arkansas DOE as the flow-through grantor (49%). The district serves three distinct federal agencies. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 27 of 39 awards, anchoring the majority of the district's federal grant work. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service represents 9 awards, exclusively for child nutrition program (CNP) reimbursements for breakfast, lunch, and after-school snacks served according to federal nutrition standards. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for the remaining 3 awards, focused on special education services for children age 3 to 5 with disabilities and early childhood special education staffing and related therapy services.

Recent prime recipient activity includes a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant awarded directly by the Department of Education on July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion on September 30, 2027. Sub-grant awards from Arkansas DOE to the district, all dated July 1, 2025 or later, cover Title I allocations for personnel and literacy-math materials; Rural Education Achievement Program funds for teacher recruitment, retention, and professional development; Title II teacher quality improvement funds; Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) program funds for well-rounded education and technology access; and early childhood special education services under IDEA. The district also receives recurring CNP sub-grants from Arkansas DOE, with awards dated October 1, 2025, and annually since 2022, for meal reimbursement claims processed monthly. Combined dollars obligated across all thirty-nine awards total $1.5 million. One award (the July 2026 Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.