Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School District

Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School District, doing business as Roberts Ferry Union Elementary School, is a California-based public school district that receives federal grants as the prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program administered by the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and participates in federal nutrition and instructional-improvement sub-grants flowing from the California Department of Education.

The organization is a U.S. government entity—specifically, a local school district—headquartered in Waterford, California. It does not hold federal contracts as a prime and does not bid on federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, split between direct prime grant awards and sub-recipient participation in pass-through grants from California's education agency.

Roberts Ferry's prime grant work centers on the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA line administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education). The district has received annual formula grants under this program in each of the past five years, with awards on July 1 of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and most recently 2026, each running approximately fifteen months to ultimate completion in September of the respective following year. Combined obligation across the portfolio is $479 thousand. As a sub-recipient, Roberts Ferry participates in federal education and nutrition programs flowing from the California Department of Education, including the National School Lunch Program and National School Breakfast Program (cash grants and food donations supporting nonprofit meal service), English Language Acquisition grants (serving limited English proficient students), and Title I Improving the Academically Disadvantaged grants (supporting high-poverty school instruction). The district has received nine sub-grants across these programs since 2024, with the most recent wave dated September 2026.

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 23 of 28 awards (97% coverage by count), with the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service providing four nutrition-program sub-grants and the Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition providing one award. Recent activity shows acceleration—one to two awards annually through 2025, rising to eight awards in 2026 (reflecting multiple nutrition and instructional-improvement sub-grants awarded in the same calendar year). One award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, posing minimal recompete pressure. The district operates as a prime recipient on 69% of awards and as a sub-recipient on 31%, with sub-recipient work concentrated in nutrition and instructional-improvement pass-throughs from California's state education agency.