Rough Rock School Board, Inc.

Rough Rock Community School, doing business as Rough Rock School Board, Inc., is a tribally owned school district serving the Navajo Nation in Chinle, Arizona, and operates as a federal grant recipient in education and community health programs with no contract prime awardees. The entity receives recurring formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education Formula Grants to LEAs program, which fund K–12 education delivery on tribal lands; the school district also holds sub-grants from the Arizona Department of Education under the same program.

The school district's federal footprint is narrow and grant-focused rather than contract-based. Rough Rock has received five consecutive annual Indian Education Formula Grants awards from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (fiscal years 2022 through 2026), with the most recent award issued July 1, 2026, and completion scheduled for June 30, 2027. Beyond education grants, the school district has received awards from the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service (4 awards, $149 thousand combined potential value), the Corporation for National and Community Service (3 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (2 awards), and the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education (2 awards). The top five customer agencies account for 91% of recent award volume. The source provides no dollar magnitude for the Department of Education grants themselves, and the combined potential value across all 33 awards in the portfolio stands at $197 thousand — a figure that does not reflect the true scale of obligated education funding, as cumulative obligated dollars across all awards total $6.4 million.

Activity has remained flat in recent years (one award annually in 2022, 2023, and 2024; two awards in 2025 and 2026). The school district holds no parent vehicle seats and functions as a direct recipient from federal grantor agencies rather than as a contractor. Only one award faces completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure. Rough Rock operates as a 501(c)(3) municipal government entity — specifically a tribal school district — and does not compete on federal contracts, set-asides, or IDIQs. The portfolio reflects grant funding for K–12 education, nutrition support, health services, and community service programs rooted in federal Indian education and tribal health programs.