Windthorst Independent School District

Windthorst Independent School District, a public school district located in Windthorst, Texas, is a federal grant recipient operating under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, receiving funding as a prime grantee (65% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient (35% of recent awards) under education-focused federal grant programs.

Windthorst ISD's federal grant footprint is concentrated in K–12 education support. As a prime recipient, the district has received repeated annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSAP), a formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with successive awards issued July 1, 2022; July 1, 2023; July 1, 2024; July 1, 2025; and July 1, 2026, each running through the following September 30. As a sub-recipient, Windthorst ISD has received eleven sub-awards from the Texas Education Agency, the state-level prime grantee. These sub-awards flow from Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, which provides supplemental funding to school systems serving high concentrations of low-income students to support academic achievement and meet state performance standards. The district also received ESSER II pandemic-relief funding through the Texas Education Agency under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act of 2021.

Windthorst ISD's federal customer base is singular: 100% of the thirty-one awards on record (twenty prime grants and eleven sub-grants) flow from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, either directly or through the Texas Education Agency as pass-through. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $1.6 million. Activity has been steady at three awards per year in 2022–2025, with two awards recorded in 2026. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a single recompete cycle for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant cycle beginning in fiscal year 2027.