Wibaux School District 6

Wibaux School District 6, doing business as Wibaux Public Schools, is a local government school district headquartered in Wibaux, Montana that receives federal education and nutrition grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient. The district operates as a U.S. government entity and does not hold federal contracts; all federal funding flows through grant awards from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture.

Wibaux Public Schools' federal footprint centers on K–12 education and school nutrition support. As a prime recipient, the district has received four consecutive annual formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (Department of Education), with grants awarded July 1 in each of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, running through September 30 of the following year. As a sub-recipient, the district receives pass-through funding from the Montana Office of Public Instruction across multiple federal programs: Title I Part A (CFDA 84.010 / 84.010A) for economically disadvantaged student support, American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (CFDA 84.425U / 84.425) for pandemic recovery, and School Nutrition (CFDA 10.555) for child meal programs. Sub-recipient grants flow from the Montana Office of Public Instruction as the state pass-through agency, with awards dated across 2022–2025.

Customer concentration is extreme and singular. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 26 of the district's 32 total awards (81% by count). The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service holds five awards. The remaining one award is with the Department of Education broadly. The district has no federal contractors as customers; all relationships are with grantor agencies or state intermediaries.

Recent activity has been flat to declining — the district received three awards in 2022, four each in 2023 and 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.3 million. Only one award reaches ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure. Sixty-three percent of awards are held as prime recipient status; the remaining thirty-seven percent flow as sub-awards through the Montana Office of Public Instruction. The district does not serve as a vendor, contractor, or supplier to the federal government; it is an eligible recipient of federal education and nutrition formula funding under federal grant programs administered for rural school districts.