Ekalaka School District 15

Ekalaka School District 15, doing business as Ekalaka Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Ekalaka, Montana, that operates as a recipient of federal K–12 education and nutrition grants rather than as a federal contractor. The district operates exclusively under direct federal grant awards and pass-through sub-awards, with no federal contract prime or subcontractor footprint.

The district's federal footprint centers on education and child nutrition funding. As a prime grant recipient, Ekalaka School District 15 has received five consecutive annual awards from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant, with awards dated July 1 of each year from 2022 through 2026, the most recent carrying an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through awards from the Montana Office of Public Instruction, the state's designated grantee for federal K–12 programs. These sub-awards span multiple federal funding streams: Title I A (CFDA 84.010 and 84.010A), the Emergency Stabilization Fund programs (CFDA 84.425, 84.425U for ESSER I, II, and III), and the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555 under Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service). Sub-award dates run from October 2021 through September 2025, with the most recent Title I A and School Nutrition awards dated September 2025 and May 2025, respectively.

Customer concentration reflects the district's rural Montana context. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 25 of 31 total awards (81% of recent activity), while the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 5 awards (16%). A single Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program award rounds out the customer set. The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.6 million across the full source data window. Activity has remained sparse and episodic — ranging from one to four awards per year over the past five years, with no awards on federal contract vehicles and no indication of contract-based service delivery. The single award reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months presents no material recompete exposure given the formula-grant structure of the district's federal funding, which renews annually under statutory eligibility rather than competitive procurement.