Point Arena Joint Union High School District

Point Arena Joint Union High School District, operating as Point Arena Joint Union High School, is a U.S. local government school district entity based in Point Arena, California that receives federal education grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with supplemental sub-grant funding passed through the California Department of Education.

The district operates exclusively in the federal grant space—no contract vehicles—as a recipient of formula and project grants under two principal federal programs: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (formula grants awarded annually each July) and the Impact Aid Program, Title VII, Section 7003 (project grants awarded on a multi-year cycle). Prime grant awards span the past five years with annual volume of three to five awards per year; the most recent awards include a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant awarded July 1, 2026 with completion September 30, 2027, and an Impact Aid Program project grant awarded October 1, 2025 with completion September 30, 2031. The district acts as prime recipient on 85% of its awards (44 of 52 total), with the remaining 15% routed as sub-grant allocations from the California Department of Education targeting high-poverty school improvement, English language learner proficiency, teacher quality, and pandemic response (award dates ranging from September 2022 through August 2026).

Customer concentration is narrow and stable. The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates 98% of recent awards (46 of 51 awards), with the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service contributing 4 awards and the Office of English Language Acquisition 1 award. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $3.8 million. The district faces minimal recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months—only one award reaches ultimate completion within that window. The flat to declining award count over the past five years (five awards in 2022, three each in 2023–2025, four in 2026) reflects the formulaic, recurring nature of federal education funding for rural districts; activity is driven by statutory eligibility and grant cycles rather than competitive procurement.