Elko County School District

Elko County School District, operating as Elko Home School in Elko, Nevada, is a U.S. local government entity and public K–12 school district that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient under Department of Education and Department of Agriculture programs. The district does not hold federal contracts; all federal activity is grant-based, with 34 percent of recent awards held as prime grants and 66 percent as sub-grants flowing through Nevada state agencies.

Elko County School District's federal grant footprint centers on education and child nutrition programs. As prime recipient, the district holds direct awards under the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (CFDA 84.041)—including a $2.145 million Project Grant awarded October 1, 2025, running through September 30, 2031, which provides financial assistance to districts serving federally connected children and children of uniformed service members—and under the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060), including a $102,634 Formula Grant awarded July 1, 2025, for academic instruction, cultural programming, and professional development serving American Indian and Alaska Native students. The district also received direct grants from the Community Oriented Policing Program's School Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.710) for school security and safety infrastructure improvements.

The vast majority of the district's federal funding arrives as sub-grants from state pass-through entities, primarily the Nevada Department of Education. These sub-awards span Title I Part A (elementary and secondary education funding), Title II Part A (teacher professional development), Special Education Part B and Early Childhood, Title III English Learner and Immigrant programs, Title I-C Migrant Education, Title IV-A Academic Achievement, Career and Technical Education (Perkins), 21st Century Community Learning Centers, School Improvement (Title I Section 1003(a)), and American Rescue Plan (ARP) ESSER and special education allocations. The district also receives sub-grants from the Department of Agriculture Nevada for the National School Lunch Program and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, supporting child nutrition and school meal equipment.

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 91 percent of the district's recent award count (85 awards), with the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (13 awards), the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (10 awards), the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (5 awards), and the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition (5 awards) rounding out the customer base. Combined dollars obligated across all 130 awards total $76.9 million. Activity has remained steady to growing: eleven awards in 2022, twenty-three in 2023, twenty-four in 2024, seventeen in 2025, and eleven year-to-date in 2026 (as of late September). Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. Performance occurs across the district's schools in Elko, Nevada, including Adobe Middle School, Carlin Combined K–12, Elko High School, Flagview Grammar, Jackpot Combined K–12, Liberty Peak Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Northside, Owyhee Combined, Sage Elementary, Southside, Spring Creek Elementary, Spring Creek Middle, Spring Creek High, Wendover Middle, Wells Elementary, Wells Middle, Wells High, and Wendover High School.