Rising Star Independent School District

Rising Star Independent School District, a Texas-based public school district, serves as a federal grant recipient focused on K–12 education programs, operating primarily under formula grants and sub-grants from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education rather than as a federal contractor.

Rising Star ISD is a U.S. local government entity and school district located in Rising Star, Texas. The vendor's federal footprint is entirely grant-based; it holds no federal contract prime awards and does not compete on contract vehicles. The district operates as a prime recipient on formula grants and as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards flowing from the Texas Education Agency, which channels federal education funding to local educational agencies (LEAs) under multiple federal education statutes.

The district's grant activity centers on two grant programs. Rising Star ISD has received five consecutive annual Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, with awards issued each July from 2022 through 2026 (most recent award dated July 1, 2026, with ultimate completion September 30, 2027). As a sub-recipient, the district has drawn twelve sub-awards from the Texas Education Agency as the pass-through prime, including Title I, Part A supplemental funding for low-income student achievement (awarded annually 2022–2025 and amended in 2023 and 2025), Title I, Section 1003 School Improvement Grants for comprehensive support and improvement schools (2022), and Strong Foundations Implementation funding for open education resource instructional materials and professional learning (June 8, 2025). The district also received ESSER II pandemic-response funding through the Texas Education Agency in 2021.

Customer concentration is extreme and immutable: 33 of 34 awards (97%) flow from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, all routed through the Texas Education Agency as the direct federal grantee. Combined obligations across all federal awards total $1.8 million. Activity has remained flat and sparse—two to four awards per year over the past five years—with only one award (combined potential value not specified in the source) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. Prime grants account for 59% of the award count (20 awards), with sub-grants from the state comprising 41% (14 awards), and no recompete cliff exposure beyond the single near-term completion.