Saucelito Elementary School District

Saucelito Elementary School District, doing business as Saucelito Elemtary School, is a U.S. local government school district based in Terra Bella, California, that operates as a federal grant recipient in the K–12 education space. The district receives formula grants and project grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with no contracting footprint and no seat on federal contract vehicles.

The district's federal grant activity centers on two primary programs. The Small, Rural School Achievement Program (Office of Elementary and Secondary Education) provides recurring annual formula grants; Saucelito received awards in July 2022, July 2023, July 2024, July 2025, and July 2026, with the most recent grant running through September 2027. The district also received Community Facility Grants from the USDA Rural Housing Service Community Facilities program in September 2022 and September 2024, both issued as project grants with immediate completion dates. As a grant sub-recipient, Saucelito receives pass-through funding from the California Department of Education for child nutrition programs (school breakfast and lunch services under USDA Food and Nutrition Service funding) and for teacher quality and student achievement initiatives. Sub-grant awards document activity as recently as August and September 2026.

Customer concentration is narrow. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education dominates the portfolio, accounting for 18 of 25 total awards across the source data window; the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and USDA Rural Housing Service Community Facilities account for 4 and 2 awards respectively, representing 96% of recent activity. Combined dollar obligations across all federal grants total $342 thousand. Activity has grown modestly in 2026 (six awards year to date) after flat or declining years from 2022 through 2025 (two, one, two, and two awards respectively). Only one award carries an ultimate completion date inside the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The district operates exclusively in the grant-recipient role; there is no indication of prime contracting work, subcontractor engagement on federal contracts, or pursuit of federal procurement vehicles. This profile reflects a small rural school district leveraging federal elementary-and-secondary-education and rural infrastructure grant programs rather than a federal contractor or service provider.