Superior Unified School District 15

Superior Unified School District #15, a U.S. government entity and Arizona school district headquartered in Superior, Arizona, acts as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, with secondary grant sub-award activity flowing through the Arizona Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not compete under set-asides; it receives formula grants and sub-grant allocations tied to federal K–12 education programs and operates as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from the State of Arizona.

The district's federal footprint is entirely grant-based. As a prime recipient, Superior USD #15 holds two Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1, 2025 (completion September 30, 2026) and July 1, 2026 (completion September 30, 2027). As a sub-recipient, the district receives federal education funds through Arizona Department of Education pass-throughs spanning Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Basic Section 611 subgrants to LEAs, Title II Improving Teacher Quality grants, and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III pandemic relief funding. Recent sub-grant awards document specific uses: purchasing Teaching Strategies assessment portfolios for early childhood data reporting to the Arizona Department of Education, delivering instructional coaching and professional development on evidence-based instructional strategies, and running special education and Title I programs per federal guidelines.

Customer concentration sits entirely with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (11 awards) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (5 awards), accounting for 100% of awards in the source data. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and Forest Service contribute two and one award respectively, the latter a $15 thousand potential-value award in forest-range fire suppression support activities. Award volume has been intermittent — two awards in 2021, four in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only one award facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. The district's combined potential value across all awards reads as $15 thousand, but obligated dollars total $2.8 million, indicating that formula grant allocations and sub-grant pass-throughs carry material funding even when potential-value fields do not fully capture recurring or variable assistance mechanisms typical of K–12 federal education funding.