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Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (84.372)

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (Assistance Listing 84.372) is run by the Department of Education. It awarded $136 million in 56 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $2.4 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $2.4 million. Half of the 56 awards fell between $2.2 million and $2.7 million, and they ranged from $1.5 million to $3.3 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

These grants are intended to enable State educational agencies to design, develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems to efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use individual student data, consistent with the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and to facilitate analyses and research to improve student academic achievement and close achievement gaps.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Only State educational agencies are eligible for grant awards. Other types of entities are eligible for contract awards.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Grants may support salaries, travel, equipment, and supplies as required to carry out design and implementation efforts. Grant funds must be used to supplement and not supplant other State or local funds used for developing State data systems.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Varies by competition.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (84.372) awarded$136 million across 56 grant awards, an average of $2.4 million per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Department of Education New HampshireNew Hampshire2$5.5 million
Department of Education IndianaIndiana2$5.3 million
Kansas State Department of EducationKansas2$5.3 million
New Jersey Department of EducationNew Jersey2$5.3 million
Department of Education IowaIowa2$5.2 million
Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of EducationVirginia2$5.2 million
Wyoming Department of EducationWyoming2$5.0 million
Maine Department of EducationMaine2$4.8 million
South Carolina Department of EducationSouth Carolina2$4.7 million
Cnmi Public School SystemNorthern Mariana Islands2$4.4 million
Department of Education NebraskaNebraska2$4.4 million
Nevada Department of EducationNevada2$4.3 million
RI Department of Elementary and Secondary EducationRhode Island2$4.2 million
Connecticut Department of EducationConnecticut2$3.8 million
Guam Department of EducationGuam2$3.6 million
Elementary & Secondary Education Missouri Department ofMissouri1$3.0 million
Public Instruction Montana Office ofMontana1$3.0 million
Hawaii State Department of EducationHawaii1$3.0 million
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of EducationPennsylvania1$2.8 million
Wisconsin Department of Public InstructionWisconsin1$2.8 million

Top states: New Hampshire ($5.5 million), Indiana ($5.3 million), Kansas ($5.3 million), New Jersey ($5.3 million), Iowa ($5.2 million), Virginia ($5.2 million), Wyoming ($5.0 million), Maine ($4.8 million), South Carolina ($4.7 million), Northern Mariana Islands ($4.4 million).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 97% of the money.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments54$132 million97%
Other2$4.4 million3.3%

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
New Hampshire2$5.5 million
Indiana2$5.3 million
Kansas2$5.3 million
New Jersey2$5.3 million
Iowa2$5.2 million
Virginia2$5.2 million
Wyoming2$5.0 million
Maine2$4.8 million
South Carolina2$4.7 million
Northern Mariana Islands2$4.4 million
Nebraska2$4.4 million
Nevada2$4.3 million
Rhode Island2$4.2 million
Connecticut2$3.8 million
Guam2$3.6 million
Missouri1$3.0 million
Montana1$3.0 million
Hawaii1$3.0 million
Pennsylvania1$2.8 million
Wisconsin1$2.8 million
New Mexico1$2.8 million
Arkansas1$2.8 million
North Dakota1$2.6 million
Massachusetts1$2.6 million
Ohio1$2.5 million
Mississippi1$2.5 million
Tennessee1$2.5 million
Texas1$2.5 million
Michigan1$2.5 million
Washington1$2.5 million
Georgia1$2.4 million
Alabama1$2.4 million
Illinois1$2.4 million
District of Columbia1$2.4 million
Kentucky1$2.3 million
Utah1$2.3 million
New York1$2.3 million
Minnesota1$2.2 million
North Carolina1$2.2 million
South Dakota1$2.0 million
Colorado1$1.9 million

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.