New Shoreham Public Schools

New Shoreham Public Schools, doing business as Block Island School, is a U.S. local government school district that receives federal formula grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with minimal sub-recipient grant activity.

Block Island School is a public school district headquartered on Block Island, Rhode Island (15 High Street, New Shoreham, RI 02807). The district does not hold federal prime contracts and does not participate in federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of education grants. The district has received nineteen awards across the past five years, all from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, supplemented by one sub-recipient award from the Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

The district's primary federal revenue stream is the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant (Assistance Type: Formula Grant) administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Block Island has received consecutive annual awards under this program since at least 2022, with grants awarded on July 1 of each year and ultimate completion dates of September 30 of the following year. The pattern continues through the source's most recent award (July 1, 2026, completing September 30, 2027). Combined obligated dollars across all twenty awards total $368 thousand — a small absolute magnitude reflecting the formula-grant structure and the district's status as a rural, small-enrollment school system. Beyond the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, Block Island serves as a sub-recipient under two grant programs administered by the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: a Title II-CRP Grant and an IDEA Part B Grant, both awarded on February 6, 2023. These sub-recipient awards represent 10% of the district's recent federal portfolio and align Block Island's education support structure with state pass-through mechanisms.

Federal customers account for 100% of the tracked award portfolio, with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education anchoring 95% of awards by count. One award completes within the next twenty-four months (ultimate completion date September 30, 2026), exposing the district to one annual recompete cycle for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula award. Block Island's federal footprint is characteristic of small, rural public school districts: formula-grant dependent, stable in award timing, and sub-recipient-subsidiary to state education agencies on specialized programs such as special education and teacher professional development.