Mattole Unified School District

Mattole Unified School District, a U.S. local government entity and school district based in Petrolia, California, receives federal education funding as a grant recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, competing for formula grants rather than federal contracts. The district does not hold federal contract vehicles and operates exclusively in the federal grant space, with no contracting prime or subcontracting posture.

Mattole's federal footprint is concentrated in a single grantor agency and a single grant program. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for seven of eight awards in the source data (88% coverage). All six prime grants are Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula awards, each running annually from July through September on successive fiscal cycles: awards in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 with ultimate completion dates between September 2023 and September 2027. The district also holds two sub-grant awards dated August 2026 and September 2025, linked to the prime formula stream and focused on improving student academic achievement through teacher and principal quality initiatives and increasing the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom.

Activity is modest and consistent. The district received one award in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026, tracking the renewable nature of formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. Combined dollars obligated across all eight awards total $151 thousand. Only one award reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (the September 2026 cycle), creating minimal recompete exposure in that window; the 2026–2027 award already in place extends performance through September 2027.

Mattole's federal relationship is characteristic of small rural school districts: direct recipient status for formula-based K-12 education grants, no procurement or contracting footprint, and recurring annual renewal cycles under a single federal grant program. The district functions as an education provider and grant administrator for its local student population rather than as a federal vendor competing for work orders or task orders. For federal contractors seeking teaming opportunities, partnership leverage, or acquisition targets, Mattole presents no contract vehicle, no procurement leverage, and no sub-award pipeline into federal work — it is a grant recipient only, without commercial or contractual dimensions.