Murray Community School District

Murray Community School District, doing business as Murray Community School, is a U.S. public school district based in Murray, Iowa that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and as a sub-recipient of Title I education grants from the Iowa Department of Education.

The district is a local government entity operating as a rural public school system with no federal contracting footprint — it does not hold any federal contracts or IDVs, only grant funding. Since 2007, Murray Community School has received 25 federal awards totaling $631 thousand in obligated dollars across a combined potential value of $26 thousand, with 92% of awards coming as prime grants and 8% as sub-grants. The discrepancy between combined potential value ($26 thousand) and obligated dollars ($631 thousand) reflects the district's actual spending against federal grant programs that carry multi-year spending cycles and rolling obligation patterns.

The district's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 22 of 25 awards in the source portfolio. The recurring grant vehicle is the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grant assistance), with awards issued annually from July 2022 through July 2026 under completion dates ranging from September 2023 to September 2027. The district also receives Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies as a sub-recipient of Iowa Department of Education grants, with sub-awards issued in July 2024 and July 2025. A secondary customer, the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Central Region, accounts for 3 awards totaling $26 thousand in combined potential value, likely representing conservation or environmental education programming at the district level.

Recent activity shows a flat trajectory — one award in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — indicating stable but modest federal grant engagement. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The district's federal footprint reflects typical rural school district participation in Title I and rural achievement programs; no vendor subcontracting relationships, parent vehicles, or competitive set-aside posture apply.