Capstone Academy

What Capstone Academy does

Capstone Academy is a nonprofit public charter school and pediatric therapy provider operating under Capstone Adaptive Learning and Therapy Centers, Inc. (formerly United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Florida) in Pensacola, Florida. Founded in 2004, it holds the position of the first and only free PreK Exceptional Student Education (ESE) public charter school in the Escambia County / Santa Rosa County region, serving children ages 3-5 with IEPs or Child Find eligibility through individualized education plans targeting social/emotional, pre-academic, communication, and self-help goals. The organization's core products and services are organized into three integrated lines: (1) the ESE Pre-Kindergarten program at the Pensacola campus, (2) the Capstone Children's Therapy Clinic providing private-pay outpatient Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), speech/language, occupational, and physical therapy for infants and children, and (3) the Capstone Milton Child Care Center offering year-round childcare, School Readiness vouchers, Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK), and full-time day care for infants through age 5.

The organization's clinical and educational technology consists of co-located therapy and instruction under one roof — a structural integration model rather than a software or platform technology. Revenue derives from a mix of Florida per-pupil charter school funding for the ESE program, private-pay pediatric therapy services, state-funded VPK and School Readiness voucher programs for the Milton child care center, and charitable donations. Go-to-market is sales-led and community-driven: direct phone-based enrollment for the charter school, Child Find referrals from the public school system, word-of-mouth within the special needs community, and a limited digital footprint (website plus Facebook). The organization employs approximately 16-20 staff including a Principal, ESE teachers, teacher assistants, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and licensed physical, occupational, and speech therapists, serving a current enrollment of 27 students.

Name

Capstone Academy

Legal name

Capstone Academy Charter School

Website

https://capstoneacademy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Capstone Academy is a nonprofit PreK Exceptional Student Education public charter school and pediatric therapy provider in Pensacola, Florida, serving children ages 3-5 with special needs through integrated ESE education, ABA, speech, occupational, and physical therapy, plus child care services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Charter School

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Child Care Services (62441), Educational Services (61), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Developmental Therapy / Early Childhood Special Instruction (EDACAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Special Needs Early Intervention & Preschool Programs (EDAKAAAE), Inclusive / Special-Needs Childcare Centers (EDACAAAH), Transition & School-Readiness Support for Special Needs Children (HSAAAIAO)

Keywords

• Exceptional student education
• Pediatric therapy services
• Applied behavior analysis
• Public charter school
• Early childhood education

Headquarters

HQ city

Pensacola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Charter School Funding: Government-funded public charter school providing free PreK Exceptional Student Education services to eligible children
2. Private Pediatric Therapy Services: Private outpatient therapy services for infants and children covering speech, language, occupational, physical, and behavioral therapies
3. Child Care Services: Year-round childcare services including School Readiness (voucher-based), Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK), and full-time day care for infants to 5 years
4. Donations and Volunteer Support: Charitable donations and volunteer contributions supporting the organization's mission

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Capstone Academy operates the first and only free PreK Exceptional Student Education public charter school in the Escambia County/Santa Rosa County areas, providing individualized education for children ages 3-5 with IEPs or Child Find eligibility. The organization also runs an on-site Pediatric Therapy Clinic offering speech, language, occupational, physical, and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapies, and operates the Capstone Milton Child Care Center providing School Readiness, Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK), and full-time day care for infants through age 5.

Product overview

Capstone Academy is a single-site educational institution offering a unified program of three integrated services: (1) Exceptional Student Education Pre-Kindergarten Services for children ages 3+ with IEPs; (2) Pediatric Therapy Services providing ABA, speech, occupational, and physical therapy; and (3) Capstone Academy Milton Child Care Center offering VPK, school readiness, and infant-to-age-5 day care. The programs are designed to work together, with on-site therapies supporting students in the ESE program and child care services providing wrap-around care for VPK participants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Exceptional Student Education Pre-Kindergarten Services Free PreK Exceptional Student Education program for children ages 3 and older with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or those found eligible via Child Find. The program provides individualized instruction addressing social/emotional, pre-academic, communication, and self-help goals, with small class sizes and low child-to-staff ratios. Services are provided at the Pensacola campus at no cost to eligible families, space permitting.
• Pediatric Therapy Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Child progressed from not talking to talking well after 3 years of services

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large nonprofit behavioral health and special education provider with Florida operations, offering ABA, therapeutic day programs, and special education schools. Comparable integrated behavioral + educational service delivery, but at broader scale and geographic reach.
• Catapult Learning: Provider of special education, intervention, and related therapy services to schools and districts nationwide. Comparable ESE and supplemental therapy offerings, but delivered as a contracted partner to public schools rather than as an operator of its own charter campus.
• Charter Schools USA: One of the largest Florida charter school operators, managing dozens of campuses including ESE/special-needs programs. Shares the Florida public charter funding model, regulatory framework, and IEP-driven delivery model with Capstone, though at vastly greater scale.
• Easterseals: National nonprofit providing early intervention, special education, and pediatric therapy services (speech, OT, PT, ABA) across many U.S. regions. Directly comparable mission and service mix to Capstone's integrated therapy + early childhood education model, but at vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Brightside Academy: Multi-site childcare and early education provider accepting state vouchers (similar to Florida's School Readiness and VPK programs). Overlaps with Capstone Milton Child Care Center's voucher-based day care and PreK offering, though not focused on special-needs inclusion.
• The Arc of Florida: Florida-based nonprofit serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with programs in early childhood, education, and therapy. Strong mission overlap with Capstone's special-needs PreK and therapy offerings in the same state regulatory environment.
• Benchmark Human Services: Nonprofit providing early intervention, ABA, and special education programs for individuals with IDD/autism, with Florida presence. Directly comparable integrated early childhood special education + therapy model and similar reliance on state and Medicaid funding streams.

Emerging players

• Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers: Multi-site pediatric ABA and therapy provider expanding across the U.S., serving children with autism and developmental delays with services overlapping Capstone's therapy clinic (ABA, OT, speech). Comparable clinical model and patient population, but private-pay/insurance-funded rather than charter-funded.

Others

• Florida Inclusion Network (FL DOE program): Florida Department of Education program supporting inclusive practices for students with disabilities in public and charter schools. Adjacent/ecosystem participant — both entities serve the same ESE student population and Capstone relies on Child Find referrals flowing through the same public-school system.

Regional players

• La Petite Academy: National childcare and preschool chain offering programs for infants through PreK, including voucher-accepting locations. Comparable to Capstone's Milton childcare/PreK services in product offering, though operates as a for-profit chain rather than a special-needs-focused nonprofit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CapstoneAcademyMilton
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capstone-academy-milton-campus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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