Lake Stevens School District No 4

Lake Stevens School District No 4, doing business as Educational Service Center, is a Washington state local government school district that receives federal education and nutrition grants as a prime recipient (7% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient from state education agencies (93% of recent awards). The district operates exclusively within federal grant programs, not federal contracts, and has no contracting vehicle participation.

The district's federal footprint concentrates in K–12 education and child nutrition administration. As a prime grant recipient, Lake Stevens School District received Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for fiscal years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027. As a sub-recipient, the district draws funding through the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction across a broad portfolio of education and nutrition programs: Child Nutrition Program reimbursement and administration (the single largest sub-award category by volume), Special Education IDEA Part B and Part B Section 619 allocations, Title I Part A, Title IIA Supporting Effective Instruction, Title III English Language Acquisition, Student Support and Academic Enrichment, and High-Need Individual Safety Net supplemental education funding. The district also received a sub-award from the Washington State Department of Commerce in 2025 to conduct energy audits and benchmarking for three Tier 1 schools (over 50,000 square feet each).

Customer concentration is extreme and unidirectional. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 25 of 46 recent awards—54% by count—reflecting the district's recurring child nutrition sub-awards. The Department of Education, split across the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (9 awards), the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (9 awards), and the Office of English Language Acquisition (2 awards), represents the remaining 45% of awards. The Department of Energy contributed one award. All sub-awards flow through either the Superintendent of Public Instruction or, in the energy case, the Washington State Department of Commerce as prime grantees; no awards derive from federal contracts or commercial vendors.

Activity has been episodic rather than steady. The source shows one award in 2006, then a gap until 2023, when 14 awards appeared; this jump reflects the district's recent entry into or documentation of its federal grant footprint. Awards peaked in 2024 with 19, then moderated to 8 in 2025 and 4 in 2026 year-to-date (through September). Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete pressure. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $17.4 million over the source period, with the bulk concentrated in recurring annual nutrition and special education sub-awards rather than large, discrete grants.