Unified School District NO. 292

Unified School District NO. 292, doing business as Wheatland Schools, is a U.S. local government school district operating as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient, with no federal contract prime awards and no seats on federal contract vehicles. The district receives formula and project grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and serves as a sub-recipient on block grants and Title I Low Income awards passed through the Kansas State Department of Education.

Wheatland Schools operates exclusively in the federal grant space rather than competitive contracting. As a prime recipient, the district has drawn formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA program; annual awards through fiscal 2027) and a project grant for STEAM equipment and classroom resources. The bulk of the district's federal funding footprint, however, flows through sub-recipient status: fifteen of thirty-six total awards (42%) are sub-awards from Kansas State Department of Education, predominantly block grants with Title I Low Income funding interspersed. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $735 thousand, reflecting the modest scale typical of rural school districts accessing formula entitlements and supplemental program funding.

The district's customer concentration is narrow and stable. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for twenty-five of thirty-six awards (69% of the portfolio), while the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service holds eleven awards (31%). All sub-award activity channels through Kansas State Department of Education as the prime grantee. Sub-recipient awards cluster in 2024 and 2025, with six sub-awards in 2025 alone (most recent in November 2025) and five in 2024. Only one award (the Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant awarded July 1, 2026, with completion targeted September 30, 2027) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, limiting recompete exposure in the immediate pipeline. Activity over the past five years has been intermittent — two awards each in 2022 and 2023, eight in 2024, six in 2025, and one recorded in 2026 — but consistent with typical annual grant cycles for eligible rural districts.