Buttonwillow Union School District

Buttonwillow Union School District, doing business as Buttonwillow Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Buttonwillow, California, that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient (68% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient (32%) under elementary and secondary education programs administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and related federal agencies. The district holds no federal prime contracts and does not compete on contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint consists of formula grants and pass-through funding from state education agencies.

The district's federal activity centers on three core grant programs. As a prime recipient, Buttonwillow has received three consecutive Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (awards in July 2022, July 2025, and July 2026, with the most recent running through September 2027). These formula grants fund comprehensive school improvement initiatives in rural, low-enrollment districts. As a sub-recipient, the district draws the bulk of its federal funding through California's Department of Education, which passes through federal awards for English Language Acquisition services, Title I school improvement funding targeted at high-poverty schools and at-risk students, fresh fruit and vegetable nutrition programs, teacher quality and professional development, and Child Care and Development Block Grant services. Recent sub-award pass-throughs are dated June and August 2026, with earlier distributions in September 2025, October 2024, and March 2023.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 20 of 25 total awards (92% coverage) in the source dataset. Secondary funding flows from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and the Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition. Combined dollars obligated across all twenty-five awards total $844 thousand over the source's coverage period, reflecting the small-district scale and formula-grant structure. Award velocity has accelerated in 2026, with six awards recorded in that calendar year versus one per year in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and two in 2025. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district does not sub on contracts under defense or civilian prime contractors; its sub-award role is exclusively educational and nutritional pass-throughs from state education agencies.