Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, doing business as Ketchikan Gateway School Superintendent, is a U.S. local government entity and school district that receives and administers federal grant funding as a prime recipient, with the vast majority of awards (76%) flowing through the district as a sub-recipient from the State of Alaska.

The district operates as a prime grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, holding formula grants under the Indian Education Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060) and the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) — RLIS Special Qualified Agencies program. Recent prime awards include a $210,044 Indian Education formula grant awarded July 1, 2026, running through June 30, 2027, which funds academic instruction, cultural programming, and targeted student support services for American Indian and Alaska Native students in Ketchikan. The district also received a $220,222 Indian Education award for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and a $258,807 award for July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. These grants address the unique educational, cultural, and linguistic needs of Native students, with services including supplemental instruction, culturally-related activities, trauma-informed mental health support, and professional development for educators. The district additionally holds a project grant from the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services awarded December 31, 2022, running through September 29, 2026, supporting trauma-informed and culturally responsive support services delivered in partnership with Women in Safe Homes (WISH). This award funds mental health services, staff training in trauma-engaged school practices, and integration of trauma-informed policies district-wide, addressing high rates of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and intergenerational trauma in the Ketchikan area. The district also holds a Department of Education Impact Aid project grant (Title VII, Section 7003) awarded February 28, 2023, with completion date September 30, 2028.

Customer concentration is split between two primary grantor agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 77 awards, and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 58 awards, covering 99% of the award count. The vast majority of these awards flow to the district as sub-awards from Alaska's Education and Early Development Department, the state's grant administrator. Sub-award programs include the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Title I Basic Grants to LEAs, Title IIA Improving Teacher Quality State Grants, Title IV Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants, Special Education Title VIB LEA Grants, Career and Technical Education Basic Secondary Grants, Summer Food Service Program, and Alaska Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program grants. The district also received one sub-award from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for playground equipment replacement and facility development.

Activity has grown substantially. The district received 7 awards in 2022, 17 in 2023, 39 in 2024, 40 in 2025, and 16 awards year-to-date in 2026. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The combined obligated value across all awards is $40.7 million, well above the nominal combined potential value figure in the source, reflecting the district's status as an active recipient of substantial recurring federal education funding flowing through state administrative channels.