Pond Union School District

Pond Union School District, doing business as Pond Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and public school district that receives direct federal education funding as a grant recipient from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with supplemental sub-grants routed through the California Department of Education. The district does not hold federal contracts or deliver services as a prime or subcontractor; its federal footprint is limited to formula grants and pass-through sub-awards supporting K–12 instruction and student support services in Wasco, California.

The district's federal relationship centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, a formula grant administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Pond Union has received annual SRSAP awards since at least 2022, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026, carrying an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. The district also holds sub-awards from the California Department of Education supporting English language acquisition for limited-English-proficient students, Title I services for high-poverty schools, and teacher quality improvement — work that flows through state passthrough mechanisms rather than direct federal procurement.

The district's customer concentration is monolithic: 21 of 23 awards (96% of recent activity) are routed through the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with one additional award from the Office of English Language Acquisition. Combined dollars obligated across all 23 federal awards since 2007 total $460 thousand, reflecting the small-dollar nature of rural school formula grants and the district's limited direct federal footprint. The district functions as a prime recipient on the SRSAP formula grants (78% of recent awards) and receives sub-awards on targeted student-support and teacher-development initiatives from California's Department of Education (22% of recent awards). Award activity has accelerated modestly in the past two years — from one award annually in 2022 and 2023 to four awards in 2026 — though the scale remains small by federal contractor standards. One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete or renewal exposure in the near term.