Rush Springs Public Schools

Rush Springs Public Schools, a U.S. school district located in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, receives federal formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prime recipient and acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants passed through the Oklahoma State Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts.

Rush Springs Public Schools operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem, with no contract prime or sub-contract work. The district serves as a prime recipient on two recurring formula grant programs: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), both administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Recent prime awards include the Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant (awarded July 1, 2026, completing September 30, 2027) and the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs (awarded July 1, 2026, completing June 30, 2027). These two programs represent the bulk of the district's documented prime grant activity over the past five years, with awards issued annually since at least 2022.

As a sub-recipient, Rush Springs Public Schools receives pass-through funding from the Oklahoma State Department of Education under multiple federal grant programs. The largest share of sub-grant activity targets child nutrition reimbursement (providing nutritionally adequate meals to students), with documented sub-awards spanning from February 2023 through May 2026. Additional sub-grants fund teacher and principal quality improvement, including Title II professional development and Title IV comprehensive student support initiatives under the Oklahoma Champions of Excellence Initiative, and Title I academic achievement programs.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for all 33 prime awards; the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service provides the nine documented sub-awards for child nutrition programs; and one additional Department of Education award appears in the portfolio. The district obligated $1.6 million across 43 total awards (31 prime, 12 sub) since 2007. Activity has been episodic — two awards in 2022, four in 2023, ten in 2024, three in 2025, and three in 2026 — with only two awards completing within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure for the district itself. Sub-grant work flows entirely through the Oklahoma State Department of Education; the district has no direct relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture or direct federal nutrition-program funding authority.