Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary School District

Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary School District, a rural California school district headquartered in San Miguel, operates as a prime recipient of federal formula grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with supplementary sub-recipient roles in state-administered education grants flowing through the California Department of Education.

The district is a U.S. local government entity (school district) with no federal contracting activity — all federal footprint is grant-based, flowing through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA not specified in source). The district has received five consecutive annual awards under this program (July 2022 through July 2026), each running from July through September of the following year. As a sub-recipient, Pleasant Valley has also engaged in five grant sub-awards from the California Department of Education, with work focused on improving teaching and learning in high-poverty schools, increasing teacher quality, supporting English language learner achievement, and expanding capacity for academic improvement across the school system. Most recent sub-recipient awards date to August and June 2026.

Customer concentration is tight: 96% of the district's recent award portfolio (22 of 24 awards) traces to the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education as a direct grantor, with a single award from the Office of English Language Acquisition. The combined dollars obligated across all awards total $394 thousand, consistent with the modest scale of a small rural school district. Award activity has accelerated slightly in recent years — one award annually in 2022 and 2023, two in 2024 and 2025, and four through August 2026 — though the financial magnitude remains limited. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The district's federal grant role is educational mission-delivery (K–12 teaching, learning, and school improvement) rather than contracting or professional services; it operates as a grant recipient managing federal funds for classroom and instructional purposes.