Alabaster City Schools Board of Education

What Alabaster City Schools Board of Education does

Alabaster City Schools Board of Education is a public K-12 school district headquartered in Alabaster, Alabama, that provides elementary-through-high-school public education to students residing within the municipal limits of the City of Alabaster. Established on July 1, 2013, when it was carved out from Shelby County Schools as an independent system, the district operates five schools — Creek View Elementary, Meadow View Elementary, Thompson Intermediate School, Thompson Middle School, and Thompson High School — plus Champions Craft Academy, a workforce development center providing career and technical education. Its service area is geographically bounded by Alabaster's residential population, and families seeking public K-12 services within the municipality must use this system or opt out into private, charter, or homeschool arrangements.

The district delivers traditional in-person instruction supplemented by a 1:1 Chromebook program, with operational technology spanning PowerSchool for student information and online registration, Apptegy for website content management, ThrillShare for parent communication, Frontline Education for absence and substitute management, Harris School Solutions for payroll, Breezy HR for applicant tracking, MySchoolBucks and MySchoolApps for meal payments and free/reduced meal applications, Anonymous Alerts for safety reporting, DragonFly Athletics for athletics management, Smore for newsletters, and Peachjar for digital flyers. The district supplements core academics with award-winning music education, competitive athletics including a January 2025-launched Girls Flag Football program and an eSports program, and career preparation through Champions Craft Academy, which held its first-ever Signing Day in April 2026 with 32 seniors signing with Alabama contractors.

As a government entity, Alabaster City Schools does not operate on a commercial revenue model. It is funded through state education allocations, local tax revenues, and federal grants, and is governed by an elected Board of Education. The district reports no equity investors, no parent corporation, and no commercial revenue streams. Academic outcomes are the primary performance metric: 96% of third graders scored at or above grade level in reading on ACAP tests against a statewide average of 88.2%, and the district has received the NAMM Foundation's Best Communities for Music Education Award for six consecutive years.

Name

Alabaster City Schools Board of Education

Legal name

Alabaster City Schools Board of Education

Website

https://acsboe.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alabaster City Schools Board of Education is a public K-12 school district in Alabaster, Alabama, operating five schools and a workforce development academy that serve students residing within Alabaster city limits with comprehensive elementary-through-high-school education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public School District

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Elementary education
• Secondary education
• Career technical education
• Student support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Alabaster

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Alabaster City Schools Board of Education is a public K-12 school district that provides tuition-free educational services to students residing within Alabaster city limits, Alabama. The district operates five traditional schools from elementary through high school (Creek View Elementary, Meadow View Elementary, Thompson Intermediate, Thompson Middle, Thompson High) and the Champions Craft Academy for workforce development, with literacy emphasis, 1:1 Chromebook technology integration, universal free breakfast, music education, and competitive athletics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Creek View Elementary School Public elementary school located at 8568 Highway 17, Maylene, Alabama, serving K-5 students residing within Alabaster city limits as part of the Alabaster City Schools district.
• Meadow View Elementary School Public elementary school located at 2800 Smokey Road, Alabaster, Alabama, serving K-5 students. Recognized as a CLAS School of Distinction for its innovative International Coffee Trolley program.
• Thompson Intermediate School Public intermediate school located at 1509 Kent Dairy Road, Alabaster, Alabama, serving students in the intermediate grade levels within the Alabaster City Schools district.
• Thompson Middle School Public middle school located at 100 Warrior Drive, Alabaster, Alabama, serving middle school grade students. Designated as an Official Alabama Semiquincentennial School. Operates DragonFly-managed athletics programs.
• Thompson High School Public high school located at 1921 Warrior Parkway, Alabaster, Alabama, serving high school grade students with college preparation programs, competitive athletics, music, and arts programs. Provides SAT/ACT test fee waivers, college application fee waivers, and advanced coursework.
• Champions Craft Academy Workforce development center located at 128 Market Center Drive, Alabaster, Alabama, providing career and technical education (CTE) for high school students. Earned the Alabama Work-Based Learning Seal of Excellence. The first-ever Signing Day in April 2026 saw 32 seniors officially sign with Alabama contractors, demonstrating a direct school-to-career pathway into skilled trades. Also serves as a walk-in registration help center.
• Thompson High School Girls Flag Football Program New athletic offering added at Thompson High School in January 2025, led by Coach Brandon Walker, expanding the school's competitive athletics offerings for female students.
• Thompson High School eSports Program eSports program established at Thompson High School in January 2025, including the Warrior Invitational tournament hosting teams from across Alabama.
• Universal Breakfast Program (Child Nutrition Program) District-wide nutrition service providing free breakfast to all Alabaster City Schools students, funded in part by the Alabama School Breakfast Grant. Operates through MySchoolBucks for additional meal payments and MySchoolApps for free/reduced meal applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% of third graders scored on or above grade level in reading on ACAP tests, compared to 88.2% statewide average
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationPowerSchool provides the student information system and online registration platform used by Alabaster City Schools. Parents use PowerSchool Registration for student enrollment and the district uses PowerSchool for student records management.
• MySchoolAppscoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline application platform for free and reduced meals program used by families to apply for meal assistance benefits.
• University of MontevallominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership where Thompson High School students participated in the University of Montevallo Invitational art competition.
• Shelby County Chamber of CommerceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for student and educator recognition programs including Student and Educator of the Year Luncheon.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Apptegy: K-12 communications and website CMS vendor used by ACS for district and school websites, parent messaging, and brand management across all five schools.
• PowerSchool: Edtech vendor whose SIS, registration, and analytics platform ACS operates on; an enabling technology peer rather than a competitor, but a key strategic dependency for the district.
• Khan Academy: Nonprofit online learning provider that complements K-12 public instruction with supplemental math and reading content; referenced via ACS Summer 2026 Math and Reading Resources.

Direct peers

• Vestavia Hills City Schools: Birmingham-metro K-12 public district with comparable academic, arts, and athletic offerings; competes head-to-head with ACS for high-achieving families in the same labor market.
• Pelham City Schools: Neighboring Shelby County K-12 district; comparable size, suburban demographic, and academic programming, and competes for the same residential family pool as ACS.
• Shelby County Schools: The Alabama public K-12 district from which Alabaster City Schools separated in 2013; serves overlapping Shelby County geography with comparable K-12 academic programs and governance structure.
• Hoover City Schools: Adjacent Central Alabama K-12 public school district in the Birmingham metro; competes with ACS for families and benchmarks against similar academic, athletic, and extracurricular programming.
• Homewood City Schools: Birmingham-metro K-12 district with comparable size, demographic profile, and emphasis on college preparation; competes with ACS for in-migrating families to the metro.
• Mountain Brook Schools: Top-ranked Central Alabama K-12 district; sets the upper bound of the academic performance benchmark against which ACS measures itself on ACAP and other state assessments.

Regional players

• Birmingham City Schools: Larger urban Alabama K-12 district in the same metro region; broader scale and more diverse student population, providing contrast on funding models and student outcomes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Alabasterk12
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@alabastercityschools?app=desktop
• Facebookfacebook.com/AlabasterCitySchools
• Instagraminstagram.com/alabastercityschools/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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