Fort Ross Elementary School District

Fort Ross Elementary School District, a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Cazadero, California, receives federal education grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.358). The district does not hold federal contracts and does not operate as a contractor or subcontractor to prime federal vendors.

Fort Ross Elementary operates exclusively within a single federal grant program — the Small, Rural School Achievement Program — which accounts for 95% of its recent federal award footprint. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the sole customer agency (20 prime awards across the portfolio). The district received formula grant allocations in fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, with awards issued on July 1 each year and scheduled to complete on September 30 of the following fiscal year. A sub-grant award in August 2026 reflects pass-through funding to support student academic achievement, with stated focus on improving teacher and principal quality and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom.

Activity has remained stable at one award per year from 2022 through 2025, with two awards recorded in 2026 — the FY 2026 Small, Rural School Achievement Program prime grant and the associated sub-grant. Combined dollars obligated across the entire award portfolio total $336 thousand. One award (the FY 2025 grant with ultimate completion on September 30, 2026) falls within the next twenty-four-month recompete window, though formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program typically renew on an annual statutory cycle rather than through competitive recompete processes. The district's grant receipt pattern reflects its designation as a small, rural school district eligible for targeted federal education support through formula-allocation mechanisms rather than discretionary or competitive grant competition.