Mexicayotl Academy Of Excellence

Mexicayotl Academy Of Excellence, doing business as Mexicayotl Academy, is a non-profit organization based in Nogales, Arizona, that operates as a federal grant recipient in the K–12 education space, serving rural and underserved student populations through federal funding from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE). The organization acts primarily as a sub-recipient (61% of recent awards) beneath state education agencies rather than as a direct federal prime grantee, and does not hold federal contracts.

Mexicayotl Academy's grant footprint centers on formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSAP), which it has received as a prime recipient in five consecutive cycles (2022 through 2026), each awarded July 1 with completion in September of the following year. As a sub-recipient, the organization receives pass-through funding from the Arizona Department of Education under multiple federal education programs: Title I basic grants, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Section 611 subgrants to local educational agencies, Title III English Language Acquisition State Grants, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III grants. Between 2023 and 2026, Mexicayotl Academy received eleven sub-awards from Arizona Department of Education flowing these programs, with documented activities including remedial instruction in reading and mathematics, professional development for teachers, special education services for children under age five with disabilities, arts and animal husbandry enrichment, and pandemic recovery support. The organization also received two sub-awards from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, though the source does not detail the scope of those awards.

Customer concentration is entirely within the Department of Education ecosystem: the OESE accounts for eleven awards across prime and sub channels, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for four awards (IDEA-related), the Food and Nutrition Service for two awards, and the Office of English Language Acquisition for one award. Combined dollars obligated across all eighteen awards total $1.7 million. Activity volume has ranged between one and five awards per year over the past five years, with the most recent award issued July 1, 2026. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only one award faces ultimate completion and potential recompete within that window. The organization does not appear on federal contract vehicles, does not hold federal contracts or IDIQs as a prime, and does not subcontract on federal procurements; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-based, routed through state education agencies and federal education programs serving rural K–12 populations in Arizona.