Cache School District 1

Cache School District 1, doing business as Cache High School, is a U.S. local government entity and school district based in Cache, Oklahoma that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient from the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education to support K–12 educational services and academic programs serving approximately 2,000 students, 41 percent of whom are military-connected youth near Fort Sill Army Post and Altus Air Force Base. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively in the federal grant space, receiving 69 percent of its awards as a direct grant recipient and 31 percent as a sub-recipient flowing through state education agencies.

Cache School District 1's federal grant footprint centers on three distinct programs. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education has awarded 43 grants under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041) and Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs, with awards addressing revenue loss due to tax-exempt federal property within the district boundaries and supporting educational services for military-connected and Native American students. The Department of Defense Education Activity has awarded nine competitive grants under the Promoting K–12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556), including a $1.5 million block grant awarded September 30, 2022, for literacy recovery and teacher professional development following pandemic-related learning loss, a $1 million project grant awarded September 30, 2023, for curriculum development and academic interventions, and the most recent $8.761 million award on July 27, 2026, for modernization of military-connected school facilities running through July 2031. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service has awarded 16 sub-grants flowing through the Oklahoma Department of Education for school meal reimbursements and nutritional programs. The district also serves as a sub-recipient on vocational education grants from the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

As a sub-recipient, Cache School District 1 receives pass-through funding from state agencies rather than direct federal awards. The Oklahoma Department of Education has passed through the majority of the district's sub-awards for child nutrition reimbursement, Title IV Part A comprehensive student support initiatives, Title I supplementary education services, and correctional facility education programs. Combined federal obligations across 75 awards total $27.9 million, with minimal recompete exposure — only one award completes in the next twenty-four months. Activity increased from three awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2024, then moderated to six in 2025 and three in 2026, reflecting the timing of grant cycles and multi-year project periods rather than declining engagement. The district's federal engagement is concentrated in education support services for a highly mobile, military-connected student population; there is no federal contracting presence and no procurement or IT services capability in the source data.