Oak Valley Union Elementary School District

Oak Valley Union Elementary School District, doing business as Oak Valley Elementary School, is a rural public school district located in Tulare, California, that receives federal education and nutrition grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient. The district does not hold federal contracts and does not serve as a contractor; it operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem, receiving funds through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and Rural Utilities Service.

As a school district and local government entity, Oak Valley Union Elementary does not hold SBA designations or compete under set-asides; it qualifies for federal education grants on the basis of its rural and small-school status. The district operates primarily as a prime grant recipient (59% of recent awards across all federal sources) and as a sub-recipient of state-pass-through funds from the California Department of Education (41% of recent awards). The source describes Oak Valley Union Elementary School District by its official legal name; no parent company or subsidiary structure exists.

Oak Valley Union Elementary's federal footprint centers on four grantor agencies. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is the dominant funder, accounting for 22 awards across the recent portfolio. The district holds four consecutive annual awards under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA 84.358) as a prime recipient, with awards dated July 1, 2022 through July 1, 2026, each running through September 30 of the following year. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service provides eight sub-awards through the California Department of Education for National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, designed to provide nutritious meals and encourage domestic agricultural consumption. The Rural Utilities Service awarded one Community Facility Grants project award in September 2023 (ultimate completion September 2025) for facility improvement. Sub-awards flowing through the California Department of Education also include Title I funds for high-poverty school improvement, Title III funding for English language acquisition, and Title II funds for teacher and principal quality improvement.

Recent activity shows acceleration in 2026, with twelve awards recorded as of late September 2026 — a marked increase from the flat one-to-three-award annual pace in 2022 through 2025. However, combined dollars obligated across the entire portfolio total only $1.6 million, reflecting the modest scale of rural school district federal support. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (the recompete window), indicating stable ongoing federal support with minimal near-term recompete pressure for the district.