Mingo County Schools

Mingo County Schools is a U.S. local government entity based in Williamson, West Virginia, registered with the federal government since April 2008. As a county school system, the organization provides educational services to students in Mingo County and has established itself as a recipient of federal grant awards designed to support public K-12 education, school safety, and rural educational infrastructure initiatives.

Mingo County Schools has received three prime federal grant awards totaling over $1.4 million, demonstrating significant engagement with federal education and public safety programs. The most recent prime award is a Project Grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Emergency Response to Violence (PROJECT SERV) program, awarded in December 2025 with completion scheduled for March 2026, which supports school emergency preparedness and violence prevention initiatives. Previously, the district received a $932,814 Project Grant from the USDA Rural Utilities Service in August 2023 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program to support substance use disorder education services delivered through distance learning technologies to rural populations, with completion scheduled for August 2025. The district also received a $499,989 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program in October 2021 to support the School Violence Prevention Program through September 2024, focusing on collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and schools to prevent violence and strengthen community relationships. Beyond prime awards, Mingo County Schools has received numerous sub-grant awards through the West Virginia Department of Education and the Division of Emergency Management covering federal education programs including Title I Part A, Title II Part A, Title IV Part A, Title V RLIS, special education services under IDEA for students ages 3-21, Federal Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding, National School Lunch Program (NSLP) reimbursements, school improvement grants, and COVID-19 recovery initiatives. The district has also received sub-grants from the Division of Emergency Management for bank stabilization, building content replacement, facility sanitization, and emergency operational payments, demonstrating the school district's role in comprehensive community infrastructure and emergency management efforts in Mingo County.