Sargent Central Public School District 6

Sargent Central Public School District 6 (doing business as Sargent Central Public School) is a public school district located in Forman, North Dakota, that receives federal education and nutrition funding as a grant recipient (18% of recent awards) and grant sub-recipient (82%) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Education, with no federal contracting activity.

Sargent Central Public School is a U.S. local government entity structured as a school district. Its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded; the district holds no seats on federal contract vehicles and does not operate as a prime contractor. The district acts as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program administered by the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with four annual formula grants awarded on July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024, July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026 (with completion dates of September 30 in the subsequent years). The district also receives federal funding through sub-grants flowing from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, which pass through USDA food nutrition programs (School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program free and reduced meals, Child and Adult Care Food Program), Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and pandemic relief funding (ESSER II Choice Ready Grants).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to USDA food and nutrition programs. Across 83 awards in the source data spanning 2007 to 2026, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 63 awards (76% of activity), the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 19 awards (23%), and the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention accounts for 1 award. Recent activity shows sustained growth: one award in 2022, two in 2023, nine in 2024, twenty-four in 2025, and thirty-six in 2026 (through September). The increase reflects the frequency of monthly nutrition program sub-grant allocations from the state pass-through entity rather than new initiatives; sub-awards cycle through the district on a recurring monthly or quarterly basis for meal reimbursement and child nutrition program administration. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $335 thousand, reflecting the modest financial scale of a rural school district. One award (the fiscal year 2025 Small, Rural School Achievement Program prime grant) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.