Yaak Elementary School District 24

Yaak Elementary School District 24, doing business as Yaak Elementary School, is a rural Montana school district operating as a U.S. local government entity that receives federal grant funding from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prime recipient. The district does not hold federal contracts or compete for contract vehicles; it operates exclusively in the federal grant space, primarily under formula-grant programs serving rural and small schools.

Yaak Elementary School is headquartered in Troy, Montana (29893 Yaak River Road) and has been a federal grant recipient since at least 2007. The district's federal footprint centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district also receives sub-grant awards from the Montana Office of Public Instruction under the ESSER III and ESSER II programs (CFDA 84.425U and 84.425, respectively) — federal education-stabilization funds distributed to states for pandemic relief in schools. The district holds one minor Rural Utilities Service award and one Rural Housing Service Community Facilities award from the Department of Agriculture, reflecting typical rural-school infrastructure and utility support.

The Department of Education accounts for 28 of the district's 30 total awards (93% of the prime footprint), making it the overwhelmingly dominant federal customer. The remaining two awards come from the Department of Agriculture's rural development programs. The district acts as a prime grant recipient in 28 awards (93%) and as a sub-recipient in 2 awards (7%), a posture typical for school districts receiving pass-through dollars from state education agencies.

Activity over the past five years shows minimal volume — one award per year in 2022 and 2025, two awards in both 2023 and 2024. The most recent prime award was the Small, Rural School Achievement Program grant dated July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion on September 30, 2027. The district's combined federal dollars obligated across all thirty awards total $548 thousand, reflecting formula-grant mechanics rather than competitive contracting; individual award dollar magnitudes are not specified in the source. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, but recompete exposure in the formula-grant context is administrative rather than competitive — renewal follows federal statutory allocation rather than competitive pursuit.