Eastside College Preparatory School

Name

Eastside College Preparatory School

Legal name

Eastside College Preparatory School

Website

https://eastside.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private College Preparatory Education (K-12)

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Services (61), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Charter College-Prep & Advanced Academics Schools (EDAJACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dual Enrollment / Early College Programs (via Community Colleges) (EDAHADAH), Pre-College Summer/Winter Academic Programs (High School Students) (EDAIAIAD)

Keywords

• College preparatory education
• Tuition-free private school
• First-generation college support
• Residential high school program
• Dual enrollment college credit

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Private Donations and Grants: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Eastside relies entirely on private donations and grants to support operations. All students attend tuition-free. The school does not receive government funding. Federal tax identification number: 94-3187806.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eastside College Preparatory School is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tuition-free college preparatory school serving students in grades 5–12, with the majority being first-generation and from low-income backgrounds. It delivers a rigorous academic curriculum, a residential program for upper-division students, dual enrollment with Foothill College for transferable college credit, and a long-term college counseling and alumni support program intended to take students from enrollment through college graduation.

Product overview

Eastside College Preparatory School is a unified educational institution offering a college preparatory curriculum for first-generation and low-income students. The school operates as both a day and boarding school with a residential program, and provides extensive support services including a summer bridge program, Foothill College dual enrollment courses, career pathways programming with internships, and a comprehensive alumni support program with college and career coaching. The school also offers fine arts through its Center for the Arts, outdoor education trips, and international programs like Journey to the East.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Middle School Program (Grades 5-8)
• Upper School Program (Grades 9-12) A college preparatory high school program for grades 9–12 with a rigorous academic curriculum, college counseling, and structured preparation for four-year college admission. Students may participate in the residential boarding program during these grades.
• Residential Boarding Program An on-campus residential program for upper-division students that removes commute and housing barriers and provides an immersive academic and community environment during the high school years.
• Foothill College Dual Enrollment A dual-enrollment partnership with Foothill College that enables students to take college-level coursework and earn transferable college credit while still enrolled in the high school program.
• College Counseling and Alumni Persistence Program A long-horizon college counseling and alumni support program that guides students through college admissions and continues to support enrolled alumni through college graduation, addressing the stop-out risk that disproportionately affects first-generation students.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% of graduates admitted to four-year colleges
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Foothill CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-running collaboration allowing Eastside to offer nine college-level courses throughout the school year and summer, including psychology, statistics, chemistry, English, economics, computer science, and math. On average students earn 23 college credits through this program. Selected courses fulfill specific general education requirements in college.
• World Computer ExchangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEastside's computer refurbishing club operates under the umbrella of World Computer Exchange, which has provided five million youth in 53 countries with access to refurbished computers. Clubs help refurbish computers and ship them to schools in developing countries.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• KIPP Foundation: National charter network serving primarily low-income, first-generation students with a college-preparatory mission and documented alumni college matriculation outcomes. Eastside has actively shared its Best Practices with KIPP, signaling direct operational and mission comparability.
• Uncommon Schools: Charter management organization running college-prep schools in underserved communities, with rigorous outcomes tracking and alumni support programs. Like Eastside, it has been a recipient of Eastside's best-practices sharing and pursues a similar end-to-end college pipeline.
• Cristo Rey Network: National network of private Catholic college-prep high schools serving low-income students through a unique corporate work-study model. Comparable to Eastside in mission (tuition-supported, first-generation, college-prep private schools) and target demographic.
• BASIS Charter Schools: Network of charter and independent schools known for an intensive, accelerated college-prep curriculum. Comparable to Eastside on academic rigor and college-readiness focus, though BASIS serves a more affluent and broader demographic.
• Noble Network of Charter Schools: Chicago-based charter network running college-prep high schools for under-served students, with documented college persistence outcomes. Mission and target population are closely aligned with Eastside's first-generation college-prep model.

Regional players

• The College Preparatory School: Bay Area independent college-prep school located near Eastside in Oakland. Comparable in being a small, rigorous private college-prep school, though it serves a more affluent, tuition-paying population rather than a tuition-free first-generation demographic.
• Bellarmine College Preparatory: San Jose-based Jesuit college-prep school with a substantial financial aid program. Comparable to Eastside in being a Bay Area Catholic/independent college-prep school committed to making rigorous college prep accessible, though it serves a much larger and broader student body.
• Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton: Bay Area independent Catholic school (K-12) with a substantial financial aid commitment and rigorous college-prep curriculum. Operates near Eastside in the same region and shares a mission of access to high-quality college-prep education, though it is tuition-based.

Broad incumbents

• Phillips Academy (Andover): Elite independent boarding school with extensive college-prep curriculum and significant financial aid program for low-income students. Comparable to Eastside on academic rigor and the residential college-prep model, though it operates at much larger scale and serves a globally recruited student body.
• Sidwell Friends School: Elite Washington, D.C. private college-prep school with a significant financial aid endowment. Comparable to Eastside as a high-achieving private college-prep school with a substantial commitment to enrolling lower-income students regardless of ability to pay.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EastsideSchool
• Facebookfacebook.com/eastsideschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eastside-college-preparatory-school

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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 →

Frequently asked questions about Eastside College Preparatory School