Water Valley School District

Water Valley School District, doing business as Davidson Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and public school district that acts as a sub-recipient on federal education and nutrition grants flowing from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The district operates as a grant sub-recipient almost exclusively — 98% of its recent federal award footprint consists of sub-awards from the Mississippi Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service — with a single prime direct-award grant from the USDA Rural Utilities Service for distance learning infrastructure.

The district's grant portfolio concentrates heavily on child nutrition programs and education support. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service drives the plurality of recent awards (29 sub-awards), primarily through Child Nutrition Program (CNP) funding flows routed through Mississippi Department of Education, including Child Nutrition Program-Block grants (CNP-Block) and Child Nutrition Program-Cash in Lieu (CNP-CIL) sub-awards awarded monthly from 2023 through early 2026. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education contributes 13 sub-awards covering Title I Part A basic grants, Title II Part A teacher-support grants, Title IV student support and academic enrichment grants, and Title V rural and low-income school funding. The Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services funds five sub-awards for IDEA Part B special education grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The single prime award is a $388,021 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants project from USDA Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.855), awarded September 23, 2025, for distance learning infrastructure and advanced technologies serving rural educational access in Water Valley, Mississippi, with performance through September 23, 2027.

The district's combined obligated funding across all 48 awards totals $4.4 million, reflecting the modest scale typical of a rural Mississippi elementary school district. Activity spiked in 2024 (28 awards) from a baseline of three in 2023, driven primarily by the monthly cadence of CNP nutrition grants channeled through the state education department. Only one award faces recompete or ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a stable recurring funding posture for the district's core nutrition and Title I programming. The district does not hold federal contracts, GWACs, or other indefinite-delivery vehicles and operates exclusively within the grant-recipient ecosystem serving K–12 public education.