U S D 471

USD 471, doing business as Dexter JR High School, is a tax-exempt educational institution and state-controlled K–12 school in Dexter, Kansas, that acts as a prime recipient of federal education grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and as a sub-recipient of block grants and Title I funding from the Kansas State Department of Education.

USD 471 operates overwhelmingly in a sub-recipient role (64% of recent awards) rather than as a direct federal grant prime (36%). The school's customer base divides cleanly between two federal funding sources accounting for 100% of recent awards: the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on the prime side, and the Kansas State Department of Education serving as the pass-through grantee on the sub side. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service also appears in the portfolio at 28 awards, likely representing USDA child nutrition programs (School Breakfast, National School Lunch) flowing through state mechanisms rather than direct federal awards.

As a direct prime grant recipient, USD 471 holds five Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Department of Education, awarded on July 1 in each fiscal year (2022 through 2026), with ultimate completion dates running through September 30, 2027. These are formula grants tied to the school's eligible status as a small, rural institution rather than competitive awards. On the sub-recipient side, the school received 35 sub-awards flowing from the Kansas State Department of Education, the vast majority designated as "Block Grant" disbursements (with subset awards for Title I Low Income and American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding). Sub-awards began accumulating in 2022 and have continued through July 2026, with monthly or quarterly distribution patterns typical of state pass-through education funding cycles.

The school's combined dollars obligated across all federal sources total $1.3 million, reflecting the modest scale of rural K–12 institution funding. Award volume has trended upward in the past three years — two awards in 2023 to twelve in 2024 and eleven in 2025 — with ten awards in 2026 to date. Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. USD 471's federal footprint is characteristic of a small rural school district accessing direct Department of Education formula grants and state-administered child nutrition and block grant programs; the vendor is not positioned as a federal contractor or services provider and does not compete for or hold contracts under agency IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs.