South Iron School District R1

South Iron School District R1, a state-controlled public school district headquartered in Annapolis, Missouri, acts as a federal grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, receiving formula grants for K-12 educational programming and also receiving sub-grant pass-throughs from the Missouri Department of Education.

South Iron is a government entity, not a for-profit or small-business vendor — it operates as a state institution of higher learning within Missouri's public education system. The district's federal footprint is entirely grant-based, with no federal contracts or IDV participation. Across recent years, the district has received five consecutive annual prime grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA program, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education), with awards dated July 1 each fiscal year from 2022 through 2026, running through September 30 of the following calendar year. The most recent prime award was issued July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion set for September 30, 2027.

The district also receives sub-grant pass-throughs, primarily routed through the Missouri Department of Education as the state-level prime grantee. These sub-grants fund Title I Part A (Educationally Deprived), IDEA Part B, the Child Nutrition Program (CNP) Block Grant and CNP Block Consolidated variants, and American Rescue Plan — Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) funding. A single sub-grant from the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, dated November 3, 2021, funded COVID-19 screening testing programs in K-12 schools.

The district's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 35 of 43 awards tracked (96% of the source population by award count). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service placed 5 awards, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services placed 2, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed 1. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $4.1 million over the source period. Activity has remained modest and relatively flat — three awards in 2022, four in 2023, six in 2024, four in 2025, and four in 2026. Only one award in the current dataset faces completion within the next twenty-four months. South Iron's federal footprint reflects its role as a rural school district recipient of federal education entitlements and nutrition support, with no commercial contracting or competitive procurement activity.