Student Success Agency

Name

Student Success Agency

Legal name

Student Success Agency

Website

https://StudentSuccess.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Student Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Mentoring & Peer Support Programs (EDAJALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Peer-to-Peer & Student Mentor Tutoring Platforms (EDANAGAK), School Counseling Services (EDAJAIAA)

Keywords

• Student support services
• Near-peer mentorship
• GEAR UP compliance
• K-12 education technology
• Tutoring services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. District Subscription: Subscription-based contracts with school districts, particularly GEAR UP programs. Districts pay for access to Agents, dashboards, and compliance reporting for their student populations.
2. Family Subscription: Direct family subscriptions providing 24/7 access to Agents, unlimited tutoring in 100+ subjects, and licensed social worker support through the Winbox app.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Student Success Agency matches teens to vetted near-peer mentors ("Agents") who provide 24/7 wraparound academic, social-emotional, and post-secondary guidance through its secure encrypted mobile application called Winbox. The company also offers unlimited tutoring in over 100 subjects via on-call specialists, access to licensed social workers, and compliance reporting dashboards for school districts — particularly those participating in the federal GEAR UP grant program.

Product overview

Student Success Agency is a unified student support platform that connects teens to near-peer mentors ('Agents') through a secure mobile app called Winbox. The platform provides 24/7 wraparound support including social stress assistance, daily challenges guidance, post-secondary education (PSE) guidance, unlimited tutoring in 100+ subjects, and access to licensed social workers. For districts, the platform offers comprehensive reporting and compliance features for GEAR UP programs, with monthly insights about student challenges, opportunities, and successes delivered to administrators via dashboards. The company is the largest GEAR UP provider in the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Winbox: Secure, encrypted mobile application through which students connect with near-peer mentors (Agents), access tutoring in over 100 subjects, and communicate with licensed social workers.

Products and services

• Family Subscription Annual subscription sold to families that gives their teen 24/7 access to a near-peer Agent for social stress, daily challenges, and post-secondary education guidance, plus unlimited tutoring in over 100 subjects and licensed social worker support via the Winbox mobile app.
• District Subscription (GEAR UP) Recurring subscription contract for K-12 school districts — especially GEAR UP grant participants — providing students with Agent mentorship, tutoring, and social-emotional support, plus a counselor dashboard that surfaces monthly insights and generates GEAR UP compliance reports.
• Summer BOSS A standalone summer program listed as a separate offering on the Student Success Agency website, positioned as an extension of the agency's student support and development services.
• The NIL Experience A standalone Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) experience program listed as a separate offering on the Student Success Agency website, aimed at helping students develop NIL-related skills and opportunities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Counselors can see 12 students in five minutes using dashboards and immediately determine follow-up needs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Waterbury Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEAR UP district partner receiving Student Success Agency's comprehensive student support services including Agent access, tutoring, and compliance reporting.
• Arizona GEAR UPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level GEAR UP program partner in Arizona utilizing Student Success Agency's platform and Agent network for student support.
• GEAR UP New MexicocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level GEAR UP program partner in New Mexico receiving student support services through Student Success Agency.
• Jefferson County Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEAR UP district partner in Kentucky using Student Success Agency services for student mentorship and support programs.
• Lancaster Independent School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEAR UP district partner in Texas utilizing Student Success Agency's platform for student support services.
• Nevada GEAR UPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level GEAR UP program partner in Nevada receiving comprehensive student support through Student Success Agency.
• GEAR UP Southern West VirginiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional GEAR UP program partner serving Southern West Virginia students through Student Success Agency's support platform.
• Philadelphia GEAR UPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban GEAR UP program partner serving Philadelphia students with Student Success Agency's near-peer mentorship and support services.
• Oklahoma City Public Schools GEAR UPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEAR UP district partner in Oklahoma utilizing Student Success Agency for comprehensive student support and compliance reporting.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Paper: Paper provides on-demand, message-based tutoring and academic support to K-12 schools and districts, with a similar near-instant, always-available model. It directly overlaps with SSA's tutoring, social support, and district subscription offerings, especially around SEL-adjacent student support.
• College Possible: College Possible is a national nonprofit that provides near-peer college-access coaching and mentoring to low-income high school students, often funded through TRIO and AmeriCorps. It directly overlaps with SSA's GEAR UP-aligned near-peer mentorship and post-secondary guidance mission.
• iMentor: iMentor pairs low-income high school students with college-educated volunteer mentors to support college access. It is a direct comparable on the near-peer/1:1 mentorship model and shares SSA's focus on relationship-driven post-secondary outcomes.
• Outschool: Outschool is a marketplace for live online classes and tutoring serving K-12 families and educators. It competes with SSA for family-side tutoring spend and overlaps on the consumer subscription pathway, though it uses a marketplace model rather than in-house mentors.

Broad incumbents

• Varsity Tutors: Varsity Tutors is a large, established online tutoring and test-prep platform serving both consumers and schools. It competes on tutoring breadth (100+ subjects aligns with its catalog) and offers enterprise K-12 contracts, making it a broader incumbent in SSA's core category.
• Tutor.com: Tutor.com is an established online tutoring service operated within Prudential that sells into K-12 districts, higher education, and the U.S. military. It competes with SSA's tutoring offering and has a long-standing enterprise K-12 channel that mirrors SSA's district sales motion.

Emerging players

• Brainly: Brainly is a peer-to-peer learning platform where students help each other with homework across many subjects. It overlaps with SSA's tutoring breadth and peer-driven support model, though its interaction model is community Q&A rather than dedicated near-peer mentorship.
• Sown To Grow: Sown To Grow is a K-12 SEL and student-self-reflection platform sold to schools. It is comparable on the social-emotional learning and student-wellness side of SSA's wraparound offering, though it does not provide human mentorship.
• ClassDojo: ClassDojo is a widely adopted classroom communication and SEL platform connecting teachers, students, and families. It overlaps with SSA's school-based wraparound support and family-engagement value proposition, though it does not provide live mentors.
• Panorama Education: Panorama Education sells a K-12 student-success platform covering SEL surveys, college and career readiness, and MTSS. It is comparable as a broader student-support platform purchased by districts, and overlaps with SSA's dashboard-based insights for counselors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agents4teens

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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