New Hope Community Consolidated School District Number 6

New Hope Community Consolidated School District Number 6, doing business as New Hope Elementary School, is a public school district based in Fairfield, Illinois, that receives federal formula grants as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and related Department of Education initiatives. The district does not hold federal contracts; its federal footprint consists entirely of grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, combined with sub-award pass-throughs from the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district's grant portfolio spans elementary and secondary education funding vehicles. As a prime recipient, New Hope has received five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with award dates in July of each year from 2022 through 2026 and completion windows extending into fall 2027. As a sub-recipient from the Illinois State Board of Education, the district has received ten sub-awards since 2021 for programs including IDEA Part B special education funding (ensuring free appropriate public education for children with disabilities ages three through twenty-one), ESEA Title I at-risk student instructional support, emergency relief funds under the American Rescue Plan Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, and residential cost reimbursement for students with disabilities.

Customer concentration is narrow: the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for twenty-four of twenty-six awards (92% coverage), with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services holding the remaining two awards. The district operates as prime recipient on seventy-three percent of its federal awards (nineteen of twenty-six) and as sub-recipient on twenty-seven percent (seven of twenty-six). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $919 thousand. Activity has remained flat at two to three awards per year over the past five years, with only one award (the FY2026 Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant, completing September 30, 2027) extending beyond the next twenty-four-month recompete window. The district's federal engagement is characteristic of rural school-district grant recipients: formula-driven, stable, and narrowly concentrated within Department of Education elementary-and-secondary and special-education programs.