Rocky Boy School District 87 J-L

Rocky Boy School District 87 J-L High School Division, a U.S. government entity and school district based in Box Elder, Montana, operates as a federal grant recipient (25% of recent awards) and subrecipient (75% of recent awards) delivering K–12 education and early childhood services to American Indian and Alaska Native students under tribal education and comprehensive child development programs.

The district's prime grant footprint centers on two federal programs. It holds a $4.96 million Project Grant (CFDA 93.600) from the Office of Head Start, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030, to operate American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start and Early Head Start programs serving infants, toddlers, preschool-age children, and pregnant women in the Rocky Boy community. The award funds comprehensive early childhood education, health and nutritional support, social-emotional development, and family engagement initiatives; the district provides a 20 percent non-federal match over the five-year performance period. The district also receives recurring annual formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program, with awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 funding K–12 instruction and support services for Native American students.

The district's subrecipient activity flows primarily through the Montana Office of Public Instruction, which passes federal Title I, Title II, Title IV, ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief), and school nutrition dollars to the district. Recent sub-awards include Title I A allocations (September 2025, July 2024), Title II educator quality support (September 2025), Title IV student well-being and safety funding (September 2025), ESSER III pandemic recovery funds (July 2024), ESSER II (September 2023), and ESSER I (October 2022). The district also receives sub-awards for school nutrition programs (CFDA 10.555) and child nutrition support (CFDA 10.559) from the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. A minor infrastructure sub-award from the Montana Department of Military Affairs (April 2025) funds a sports field retaining wall. Federal funding sources across all awards total $18.2 million over the tracked period, with recent activity accelerating to seven awards in 2025 from three or fewer annually in prior years. The district operates as the parent entity with Rocky Boy Schools as a named subsidiary school district serving the same populations and geographic footprint.