Rural Education — CFDA 84.358 obligation rollup

A $570.9M rural-education obligation file

The $570.9M figure is the obligation sum USAspending.gov attaches to assistance awards tagged 84.358. SpendingVault reprints that sum as a catalog total. It is not a Title I comparison, not a state aid run, and not a cash account in a local treasury. Obligation means the federal government recorded a commitment on the award. Outlay would mean a payment; that metric is not this headline.

No fiscal year is supplied in the packet. Readers should not date the $570.9M as a single school year or a single appropriations cycle. The extract is a rollup of recorded commitments on the Rural Education listing as indexed. If a state education agency publishes a different rural-education dollar figure, check whether that source is counting allocations, reimbursements, or a subset of subprograms this CFDA number does not split.

8,993 awards across 4,477 recipients

Few assistance listings in this dollar band carry 8,993 awards. That volume is a row count, not a count of rural schools, not a count of students, and not a count of teachers hired. Recipient count is 4,477 distinct identifiers — large enough that many local educational agencies or other eligible entities can appear, but the packet does not name recipient type. Roughly two awards per recipient would be a mechanical ratio, not a published program statistic, and this page does not treat it as one.

High award counts often include continuations, formula runs, and modifications that each create a row. Sorting 8,993 lines by eye is impractical; use the program hub’s amount sort to see whether $570.9M is spread across many modest awards or includes a smaller set of large ones. The packet itself has no size distribution, so this guide will not invent one.

With 4,477 recipients, the Rural Education file is large enough that a few oversized awards could still hide inside 8,993 rows. The packet has no maximum or median award size, so this page does not publish one. Amount-sort on the program hub is the check. Recipient identifiers can be districts, cooperatives, or other eligible entities; the extract does not label them, and this guide does not guess. The only safe census in the packet remains 8,993 awards, 4,477 recipients, and $570.9M in obligations.

50 states on the Rural Education extract

The file counts 50 states. That is nationwide coverage in the USAspending sense of the extract, without the extra jurisdictions some other CFDA lines show. The packet still does not list the states or split $570.9M among them. A 50-state count is not proof of equal per-pupil aid, and it is not a league table of rural districts.

Place-of-performance on education awards can follow the recipient’s state rather than every school building served. This packet does not disclose which location field fed the count of 50. Use award-level location columns on the hub if a specific state is the question. Do not read 50 as a guarantee that every rural district in those states received an 84.358 award.

What CFDA 84.358’s table is not

The listing title is RURAL EDUCATION. The extract does not define rurality, does not report enrollment, and does not separate formula from competitive awards. Those details would require award documentation beyond this packet. The facts on hand remain $570.9M, 8,993 awards, 4,477 recipients, and 50 states.

Because award volume is high, the obligation total can look like a spending program in the everyday sense. In USAspending terms it is still a commitment rollup. Districts may draw funds on a different schedule than the obligation date. SpendingVault keeps that distinction so the Rural Education line is not mistaken for a Treasury outlay dashboard.

State education finance reports sometimes use “rural education” as a shorthand for several funding streams. CFDA 84.358 is one assistance-listing number. Adding this $570.9M to another CFDA that also serves rural schools would double-count if the question was “all federal rural-education dollars.” This page answers only what the 84.358 extract contains. Cross-walks to other listings belong on the all-programs index, where each row keeps its own obligation total.

Next clicks on the 84.358 hub

Open the Rural Education program page for the 8,993-award table behind $570.9M. Compare other catalog lines on the all-programs index. Agency pages roll up a different USAspending cut; this packet does not name the awarding agency, so this guide does not assign the $570.9M to a department total on its own.

Using the 84.358 hub without over-reading the rollup

Filter the Rural Education program page by recipient name or location if a specific district is the question. The 50-state count will not do that work. Agency pages remain a separate USAspending cut; this packet does not name the awarding agency, so the $570.9M stays on the CFDA card. After checking a line, return to the all-programs index to see neighboring assistance listings at a similar dollar scale — similar scale is not similar purpose.

Questions

How much is obligated under Rural Education CFDA 84.358?

SpendingVault’s USAspending.gov extract shows $570.9M in obligations for RURAL EDUCATION (CFDA 84.358). The figure is a sum of assistance-award commitments, not outlays and not a count of local school-district cash balances. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 84.358 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.

Why does Rural Education have so many awards?

The extract lists 8,993 awards and 4,477 recipients. High row counts often include formula runs, continuations, and modifications. The packet does not break those categories out, so this page does not say how many rows are new grants versus modifications.

Is Rural Education funding in every state?

The extract counts 50 states. It does not list them or split the $570.9M by state, and it does not prove that every rural district received an award. Location coding follows USAspending’s recorded fields, which this packet does not specify.

Does $570.9M equal money spent in rural schools?

No. USAspending obligations are commitments. Treasury outlays are payments. CFDA 84.358’s $570.9M is the obligation total in this extract. Drawdown timing and local expenditure are not in the packet. USAspending.gov obligations on CFDA 84.358 are recorded commitments, not Treasury outlays.