Garfield School District

Garfield School District, doing business as Garfield Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Garfield, Washington that receives federal formula grants as a prime recipient, with the majority of recent work flowing through sub-recipient channels from the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction. The district does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles and does not operate as a federal prime contractor or subcontractor; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, consisting of nineteen prime grant awards and seventeen sub-grant awards across the past several years.

The district's customer base centers on three federal agencies, all within the Department of Education ecosystem. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education funds 22 awards (61% of total awards), primarily through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant, which has flowed to the district annually from 2022 through 2026, with ultimate completion dates running through September 2027. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 11 awards (31%), funding child nutrition program reimbursement and administrative support. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services provides the remaining 3 awards (8%), supporting IDEA Part B special education funding. The vast majority of the district's active awards come as sub-grants from the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction, which serves as the pass-through entity for federal education funding; sub-awards cover Title I, Part A; special education (IDEA Part B); child nutrition reimbursement and administration; and ESEA consolidated grant applications for rural school districts.

The district's combined dollars obligated across all federal awards in the source data total $786 thousand, reflecting the small-dollar, per-pupil and per-school-meal formula nature of K–12 education grants. Activity has been irregular year to year — one award in 2022, seven in 2023, nine in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026 — though the annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program award is recurring and predictable. Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The district's role is entirely as a grant recipient institution, not as a vendor supplying goods or services to federal agencies; federal contractors considering partnerships with Garfield School District should recognize it as an educational customer and sub-recipient organization rather than as a procurement resource or contracting partner.