Jacoby Creek Elementary School District

Jacoby Creek Elementary School District, doing business as Jacoby Creek Elementary School, is a public school district based in Bayside, California that operates as a federal grant recipient, receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Education for K–12 educational programming and student support services. The district does not hold federal contracts and operates exclusively through grant mechanisms, with 65% of recent awards held as prime recipient and 35% flowing through the school district as a sub-recipient of state-administered federal education programs.

The district's federal footprint centers on three customer agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 18 awards (78% of the recent portfolio) and funds the district primarily through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program — a formula grant mechanism that provides direct federal support to small and rural school districts. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service accounts for three awards (13% of recent awards), supporting child nutrition programming including the National School Lunch Program and National School Breakfast Program. The Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition contributes one award focused on English learner instruction. Together these three agencies represent 96% of documented award activity.

The district's prime grant awards include two Small, Rural School Achievement Program allocations from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (awarded July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2025, with completion dates of September 30, 2027, and September 30, 2026, respectively). As a sub-recipient of California's state education agency, the district receives pass-through funding supporting school lunch and breakfast services, Title I instruction in high-poverty schools, English Language Learner services, and classroom teacher quality improvements. Recent sub-award activity (2024–2026) includes nutrition assistance allocations, title funding for teacher quality, and English language acquisition support flowing from the California Department of Education as the state intermediary.

Activity has grown in 2026, with seven awards documented year to date against a five-year average of roughly one award annually. The district has obligated $737 thousand across all documented awards. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure in the visible federal footprint. The district's federal revenue is modest relative to typical school-district operating budgets and reflects the formula-grant structure characteristic of small rural educational institutions receiving direct and state-passed-through federal education and nutrition support.