Nezperce School District

Nezperce School District, doing business as Nezperce School, is a rural public K–12 school district in Nezperce, Idaho, that operates as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, focusing on formula-grant funding for small and rural school achievement rather than federal contracting.

Nezperce School's federal footprint is exclusively grant-based. As a prime recipient, the district holds five consecutive annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.358) from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the most recent award issued July 1, 2026 and running through September 30, 2027. The district also receives pass-through funding from the Idaho State Board of Education and the Executive Office of the State of Idaho, positioning it as a sub-recipient on eleven federal grant sub-awards spanning career technical education, special education grants, Title I supplemental funding, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, and HVAC infrastructure upgrades. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $826 thousand across a twenty-year activity window (2007–2026), with customer concentration entirely within the Department of Education ecosystem — 24 of 31 total awards routed through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the remainder distributed across the Office of Postsecondary Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, and Office of Career Technical and Adult Education.

Award volume has remained modest and declining — two awards in 2022, five in 2023, six in 2024, then dropping to two in 2025 and one in 2026 — reflecting the district's small scale and reliance on formula-grant cycles rather than competitive procurements. Only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Nezperce School operates as a government entity with no federal contracting vehicles, no prime contract awardees, and no commercial or nonprofit subsidiary structure; the district functions as an end-use recipient of federal K–12 education funding and does not serve as a vendor or contractor to other federal agencies or primes.