Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District

Clarendon Consolidated Independent School District, doing business as Clarendon Elementary School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Clarendon, Texas that operates as a federal grant recipient in the K–12 education sector. The district holds no federal contracts and competes entirely in the federal grants space, receiving funding from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for rural education achievement and Title I supplemental education programs for low-income students.

The district's federal footprint centers on two grant-funding streams. As a prime recipient, Clarendon ISD has received five awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards dated July 1 each year from 2022 through 2026; the most recent award runs through September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, the district flows federal funds through the Texas Education Agency and receives Title I, Part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) sub-awards supporting schools with high concentrations of low-income students, as well as Title II, Part A funding for teacher and school-leader effectiveness, and participation in the Effective Advising Framework initiative, which supports individual student planning and career and technical education pathways. Sub-award activity spans 2022 through 2026, with fifteen sub-awards recorded under the Texas Education Agency as the prime grantee.

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for all 35 prime and sub awards in the portfolio (100% coverage), with two additional awards from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and two from the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education. Combined dollars obligated across all thirty-nine awards total $3.6 million. Activity has remained stable at three to five awards per year over the past five years, with only one award scheduled to reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. The district operates as a roughly equal split between prime recipient awards (51%) and sub-recipient awards (49%), receiving federal funds for elementary and secondary education improvement, instructor professional development, and career pathway alignment in support of students from low-income backgrounds.