What Jubilee Academies does

Jubilee Academies is a tuition-free public charter school district headquartered at 4434 Roland Road in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 2000 and operating 9 campuses across four Texas cities: San Antonio, Kingsville, Harlingen, and Brownsville. The district serves more than 5,000 students from PreK(4) through 12th grade, organized into three regional clusters (South Central, Coastal Bend, and Rio Grande Valley) under a board-governed non-profit charter structure accountable to the Texas Education Agency. Its educational mission is anchored on three explicit pillars: leadership, character, and excellence, operationalized through a branded methodology called the Jubilee Way. Academic offerings span standard PreK-12 curriculum, bilingual/ESL programs, early college high school pathways, college/career/military readiness, athletics, and after-school programs, with wraparound services including McKinney-Vento homeless education support and USDA Community Eligibility Provision meal programs.

The district's technology infrastructure is built on standard third-party educational administration platforms rather than proprietary systems. Student information, grades, calendars, and parent/student/teacher portal access run on Ascender; enrollment applications are processed through SchoolMint; facility rental requests are managed via Facilitron; and internal forms and communications use Google Workspace. There is no evidence of proprietary technology, custom-built platforms, or differentiated software products. The district's revenue model is per-pupil state funding tied to average daily attendance under the Texas charter school funding framework, supplemented by federal Title I and ESSER funds, USDA meal reimbursements, and discrete grants (e.g., a $685,303 Texas Workforce Commission award in August 2023 and a $117,862.79 Texas Department of Emergency Management pandemic response grant in 2020). The go-to-market motion is direct-to-family enrollment with no tuition charged to families, and a related non-profit (Jubilee Academic Foundation) supports fundraising.

Name

Jubilee Academies

Legal name

Jubilee Academies

Website

https://jubileeacademies.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Jubilee Academies is a tuition-free Texas public charter school district operating 9 campuses across San Antonio, Kingsville, Harlingen, and Brownsville, serving over 5,000 PreK-12 students under a leadership, character, and excellence framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Charter School Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter School Networks (Multi-Site) (EDAJACAC)

Keywords

• Charter school education
• K-12 public education
• Tuition-free schooling
• College career readiness
• Bilingual education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Per-Pupil Funding: As a public charter school district, Jubilee Academies receives state per-pupil funding based on average daily attendance. This is the primary revenue stream supporting educational operations across all campuses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Jubilee Academies is a tuition-free Texas public charter school district delivering K-12 education to over 5,000 students across 9 campuses in San Antonio, Kingsville, Harlingen, and Brownsville. The district provides core academic instruction, Bilingual/ESL programs, Early College High School pathways, After School and Summer School programs, athletics, and College, Career & Military Readiness preparation under a leadership/character/excellence framework.

Product overview

Jubilee Academies operates as a tuition-free public charter school district serving students from Pre-K(4) through 12th grade across 9 campuses in Texas (San Antonio, Kingsville, Harlingen, and Brownsville areas). The organization does not offer a technology product or software platform. Rather, it provides educational services including academics, athletics, after-school programs, bilingual/ESL education, college/career/military readiness programs, and early college high school pathways. The district serves over 5,000 students and operates under three core pillars: leadership, character, and excellence. Administrative functions are supported through third-party educational management platforms including Ascender (student information system with parent/student/teacher portals), SchoolMint (enrollment applications), Facilitron (facility rental requests), and Google Workspace tools (for forms and communications).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bilingual/English As Second Language (BESL) Program Bilingual and ESL instructional program supporting English language learners in Jubilee Academies K-12 campuses.
• After School Program (Texas ACE) After-school academic and enrichment program offered to enrolled students at Jubilee Academies campuses.
• Early College High School Early College High School pathway enabling students to earn college credit while completing high school at Jubilee Academies.
• College, Career & Military Readiness (CCMR) College, Career, and Military Readiness program preparing students for post-secondary success in college, career, or military pathways.
• Summer School Program Summer academic program offered to Jubilee Academies students for credit recovery and enrichment.
• Athletics Programs (Coastal Bend, Rio Grande Valley, South Central) Inter-campus athletic programs organized by region — Coastal Bend, Rio Grande Valley, and South Central — offered to Jubilee Academies students.
• PreK(4) through 12th Grade Education at Nine Campuses Core tuition-free charter school education delivered across nine Jubilee Academies campuses in San Antonio, Kingsville, Harlingen, and Brownsville, Texas, serving students from PreK(4) through 12th grade.

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and supporting.

• Texas Department of Emergency ManagementminorOthers · 1 August 2020Awarded $117,862.79 in pandemic response grant funding in August 2020 for continuity of services as part of a pandemic response package.
• ESSER (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief)coreOthersFederal ESSER funding program providing emergency relief grants to support educational continuity during the pandemic, including ESSER III ARP Amendment funding and related educational programs.
• USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)supportingOthersFederal agency providing non-discrimination oversight and free/reduced-price meal programs through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program.
• Texas Education Agency (TEA)coreOthersState education agency overseeing public school accountability, ratings, and Title I ESSA programs. Jubilee Academies operates under TEA accountability systems.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• BASIS Charter Schools: National public charter network known for top-tier academic outcomes and a STEM-heavy curriculum. Comparable as a multi-site, tuition-free public charter operator with a strong college-prep brand, though geographically less concentrated in Texas.

Direct peers

• Great Hearts Academies: Multi-state public charter network operating classical liberal-arts PreK-12 campuses with a significant Texas footprint including San Antonio. Comparable in operating a tuition-free public charter model with strong brand and academic outcomes.
• KIPP Texas Public Schools: Texas arm of the national KIPP charter network, operating multiple campuses across Texas including San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. Direct head-to-head competitor in the same Texas metros with comparable college-prep mission.
• Texans Can Academies: Texas-based public charter school network focused on dropout recovery and at-risk youth across multiple Texas cities. Comparable tuition-free Texas charter operator, though specializing in alternative education rather than traditional PreK-12.
• IDEA Public Schools: One of the largest Texas-based public charter school networks serving tens of thousands of students from elementary through 12th grade, with overlapping presence in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. Directly comparable multi-site Texas charter operator with college-readiness focus.
• Uplift Education: Dallas-Fort Worth-based public charter network operating PreK-12 college-preparatory campuses across North Texas. Comparable multi-site Texas charter operator with similar tuition-free, college-readiness value proposition.
• Harmony Public Schools: Texas-based STEM-focused public charter school network operating dozens of campuses statewide including San Antonio and South Texas. Directly comparable multi-site Texas charter operator serving similar PreK-12 demographic.
• Responsive Education Solutions: Texas-based charter management organization operating multiple charter brands across the state including in the Rio Grande Valley. Comparable Texas charter operator with multi-region presence and PreK-12 scope.
• YES Prep Public Schools: Houston-headquartered Texas public charter school network with expansion into surrounding metros, serving a similar low-income, majority-Hispanic student population with a college-readiness mission. Closely comparable in mission and Texas-only footprint.

Others

• Texas Education Agency (TEA) Charter Authorizers: The state regulatory body that grants, monitors, and can non-renew charters for networks like Jubilee. Adjacent peer because TEA's accountability frameworks, funding formulas, and charter policies directly shape Jubilee's operating environment and peer comparison set.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jubileeacademic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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