Washington Elementary School District #6

Washington Elementary School District #6, doing business as Washington Elementary School, is a Glendale, Arizona–based local education agency that operates as a prime recipient of formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education and as a sub-recipient of federal education grants administered through the Arizona Department of Education, the City of Phoenix, and the Arizona Department of Economic Security. The district does not hold federal contracts and is a government entity (not a commercial contractor), but its federal grant footprint spans $214.7 million in combined obligations across 80 awards over the past several years, with 72% routed through sub-recipient arrangements and 28% as direct prime grants.

The district's prime grant work centers on Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (CFDA 84.060) issued directly by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Recent prime awards include a $139,787 Indian Education grant for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, a $135,375 award for the prior fiscal year (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026), and a $158,123 award for FY 2023–2024. These grants fund educational initiatives serving Native American students and their teachers, addressing unique cultural, linguistic, and academic needs through culturally appropriate instruction, Native community engagement, and teacher professional development to support Indian student achievement against state academic standards.

The district's sub-recipient work is substantially larger and more diverse. Washington Elementary serves as sub-recipient for multiple federal programs administered by the Arizona Department of Education, including Title I (academic standards and at-risk student support), Title II (improving teacher quality), Title III (English language acquisition), Title IV-A (student support and academic enrichment, including social-emotional learning and educational technology capacity-building), IDEA Section 611 (basic special education subgrants), IDEA Section 619 (preschool special education), Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers grants, and the Free and Reduced-Price Meal Program (FFVP). The district also receives sub-recipient funding from the City of Phoenix for Head Start and Early Head Start services serving children and families in poverty—a $3.7 million–plus sub-award for fiscal year 2026–2027 and a $3.7 million sub-award for FY 2025–2026. Additional sub-recipient awards flow from the Arizona Department of Economic Security for refugee support services and refugee cash and medical assistance programs. One sub-award from the Arizona Department of Education, dated September 9, 2022, funded HVAC system upgrades and hand wash station installation at Palo Verde Middle School to minimize coronavirus transmission.

The district's customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Education. The top five federal funding agencies account for 89% of awards, led by the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (51 awards), with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (9 awards), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (5 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (3 awards), and the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition (3 awards) rounding out the set. Activity has remained steady to increasing year over year—three awards in 2022 to twenty-one in both 2024 and 2025—with only one award reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district's operational footprint spans elementary and secondary schools in the Glendale, Arizona area and subordinate program delivery sites within the Phoenix metropolitan region.