Sterling City Independent School District

Sterling City Independent School District receives federal grant funding as a recipient from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, operating exclusively in the education sector with no federal contracting footprint. The district is a U.S. government entity — a public school district headquartered in Sterling City, Texas — and participates in two federal grant programs: the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSA) as a prime recipient, and Title I, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as a sub-recipient through the Texas Education Agency.

The SRSA formula grants form Sterling City ISD's core federal funding stream. The district received prime SRSA awards in July of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each running through September 30 of the following year. These are formula grants, meaning the dollar amount and award cycle are determined by federal allocation methodology rather than competitive procurement. Title I, Part A sub-grants flow to Sterling City ISD through the Texas Education Agency as the prime grantee; the district received sub-awards in August and September 2022, August 2023, August and September 2024, August and September 2025, and August 2026. Title I, Part A funds support schools serving high concentrations of students from low-income families, enabling them to meet state academic content and performance standards through supplemental educational resources.

Sterling City ISD's customer concentration is entirely concentrated with the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 100% of the district's 30 awards (19 prime, 11 sub). The combined dollars obligated across all awards since 2007 total $1 million. Activity has held steady at three awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with two awards recorded in 2026 to date. One award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The district operates as a recipient organization rather than a vendor competing for federal contracts; its federal relationship is administrative and formulaic, consistent with K–12 public school districts' role in implementing federal education policy through grant funding rather than through competitive procurement.