Wichita Falls ISD

Wichita Falls Independent School District, a public school district operating in Wichita Falls, Texas, acts as a recipient of federal grants for K–12 education funding, with 78% of recent awards flowing to the district as sub-recipient allocations from the Texas Education Agency and the Department of Defense Education Activity. The district holds no federal contracts and does not compete for procurement work; its federal footprint consists entirely of educational grants and sub-grants supporting Title I low-income student programs, special education services under IDEA Part B, English Language Learner initiatives, career and technical education, and military-connected student support.

Wichita Falls ISD's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education. The top five grantor agencies account for 91% of recent awards, led by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (68 awards), the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (27 awards), the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (4 awards), the Department of Defense Education Activity (4 awards), and the Office of English Language Acquisition (3 awards). Two flagship prime grants anchor the district's direct federal relationship: a $14.8 million Department of Defense Education Activity project grant awarded on July 2, 2026, through the Competitive Grants: Promoting K–12 Student Achievement at Military-Connected Schools program (CFDA 12.556) to modernize military-connected school facilities through July 2031, and a $166,319 Department of Education Impact Aid Program award (CFDA 84.041) on October 1, 2025, supporting financial assistance to the district based on federally connected children enrollment through September 30, 2031. The district also holds a prior $513,500 DoDEA block grant from September 2022 focused on military-connected student support at Sheppard Elementary School.

The district operates as a sub-recipient on the overwhelming majority of its federal portfolio. The Texas Education Agency serves as prime grantee on the vast majority of sub-awards flowing to Wichita Falls ISD, channeling federal funding for Title I school improvement, IDEA-B special education (formula, preschool, and discretionary deaf programs), English Language Learner services under Title III Part A, career and technical education under the Perkins Grant, Title II Part A teacher quality, Title IV Part A student support and academic enrichment, Title I Part D correctional education programs, McKinney-Vento homeless education assistance, and Texas-specific initiatives including Strong Foundations open education resource implementation. Recent sub-award activity from the Texas Education Agency spans July 2022 through September 2026, with amended sub-awards through June 2025.

Activity has remained stable year over year, ranging from 14 to 21 awards annually across 2022–2026, with 117 total awards in the source data spanning from October 2006 to September 2026. Combined dollars obligated across the full award portfolio total $123.1 million. The district has engaged nine distinct federal customer agencies. The district's federal role is administratively and operationally confined to Wichita Falls, Texas, where it manages compliance, fund allocation, and service delivery to eligible student populations on behalf of state and federal education programs.