Ballico-Cressey Elementary School District

Ballico-Cressey Elementary School District, a U.S. local government entity and K–12 school district based in Ballico, California, operates as a federal grant recipient under the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, receiving formula-grant funding to support rural school operations and student achievement initiatives. The district is not a federal contractor and does not hold prime contract awards; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant receipts and sub-grant pass-throughs from the state education agency.

The district's grant portfolio centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant vehicle that has funded district operations annually since at least 2022. Ballico-Cressey has received five consecutive annual SRSAP awards from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026 (carrying an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027). The district also serves as a sub-recipient on five federal grant sub-awards channeled through the Department of Education California since 2024, spanning English Language Acquisition programs designed to support limited-English-proficient student achievement, Title I improvements targeting high-poverty schools, and teacher quality enhancement initiatives. These sub-grants target specific Title I and language-acquisition interventions rather than general operational funding.

The district's federal customer base is concentrated almost entirely within the Department of Education — 22 of 24 awards (96% coverage) flow from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with one ancillary award from the Office of English Language Acquisition. Combined dollars obligated across all federal awards in the source data total $751 thousand, reflecting the modest scale typical of rural school districts serving small student populations. Activity has grown modestly year over year, with four awards in 2026 against one award each in 2022 and 2023. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a recompete window for SRSAP or successor rural-school-funding vehicles. The district's grant relationship with the state education agency (Department of Education California) as intermediary pass-through entity positions it as a sub-recipient on most supplemental federal programs, with direct federal receipt limited to the annual SRSAP formula-grant tranche.