Ricardo Independent School District

Ricardo Independent School District (Ricardo ISD), a U.S. local government school district headquartered in Ricardo, Texas, is a recipient of federal education grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, operating as a prime grant recipient on a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant and as a sub-recipient on federal special-education and Title I supplemental-education funding passed through the Texas Education Agency.

Ricardo ISD operates almost entirely in the sub-recipient role across its federal grant footprint. Of thirty-four total awards in the source data, twenty-six (76%) are sub-awards routed through the Texas Education Agency, with eight (24%) as direct prime awards. The district's three customer agencies are the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (26 awards), the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (7 awards), and the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (1 award). The OESE accounts for the overwhelming majority of activity through pass-through grants from the Texas Education Agency.

Ricardo ISD's sub-award portfolio centers on three recurring federal education programs. IDEA Part B Formula funding (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) flows to the district to support free appropriate public education and related services for eligible students with disabilities ages 3 through 21; Title I, Part A funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act provides supplemental resources to improve academic achievement and school quality for students from low-income families; and Title II, Part A grants support teacher and principal quality improvement and increase access to effective educators in low-income and minority student populations. Sub-awards under these programs date back at least to 2022 and recur annually through the Texas Education Agency, with the most recent awards issued in August and September 2026. The district holds two direct prime awards from OESE: Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants awarded July 1, 2024 (completion September 30, 2025) and July 1, 2026 (completion September 30, 2027).

Combined dollars obligated across all thirty-four awards total $5 million. Activity has been modest and flat — four awards in 2022, five in 2023, seven in 2024, then three each in 2025 and 2026 — with only one award reaching completion within the next twenty-four months. Ricardo ISD does not hold federal contracts, sit on government-wide contract vehicles, or work as a prime or subcontractor on federal procurement awards; its federal footprint is exclusively grant-funded education assistance.