Garretson School District 49-4

Garretson School District 49-4, doing business as Garretson High School - 01, is a public K-12 school district in rural South Dakota that receives federal education and nutrition funding as a grant recipient, operating as both a direct prime recipient of formula grants and as a sub-recipient of pass-through grants from the South Dakota Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not compete for procurement vehicles; it operates exclusively in the federal grant space.

Garretson School District receives federal funding across three customer agencies. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the primary funding source, accounting for 25 of the district's 37 total awards. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 9 awards, and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services accounts for 3 awards. The district splits its footprint roughly evenly between direct prime recipient status (51% of awards, or 19 awards) and sub-recipient status (49%, or 18 awards) under pass-through grants.

As a direct prime recipient, Garretson School District receives Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Awards have been made annually since at least 2022, with the most recent grants awarded July 1, 2026 (completing September 30, 2027), July 1, 2025 (completing September 30, 2026), July 1, 2024, July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2022. As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through allocations from the South Dakota Department of Education across multiple federal education and nutrition programs. Recent sub-awards include IDEA Flowthrough Part B (July 2026), Title I Basic (October 2025), National School Lunch Program block grants (October 2025), Title IV (September 2025), Title IIA REAP (September 2025), and prior-year allocations for special education, school lunch operations, and other Title programs dating to 2023.

Activity volume has fluctuated across the five-year window: one award in 2022, seven in 2023, three in 2024, eight in 2025, and two in 2026. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in the near term. Combined dollars obligated across all 37 awards total nine million dollars across the full award history in the source data.