Avoyelles Parish School Board Employee Credit Union

What Avoyelles Parish School Board Employee Credit Union does

Avoyelles Parish School Board Employee Credit Union is a small, closed-membership credit union founded in 1966 and headquartered in Marksville, Louisiana, serving the employees of the Avoyelles Parish School Board and their family members with savings and loan services. It is a privately held, non-public financial institution with a workforce of 1-10 employees, operating under a restricted field-of-membership charter that confines its customer base to a single employer and the surrounding parish community. Its product scope is limited to traditional credit-union deposit and lending products, with no documented digital channels, mobile applications, API offerings, or proprietary technology investments in the source data.

The credit union's operating context is the Avoyelles Parish School District, a public K-12 system that runs 10 schools (6 elementary, 4 high schools) under Superintendent Karen L. Tutor and a board-governed structure. While the district is a separate government entity, the credit union's economic fortunes are tightly bound to district employment levels, payroll flows, and the financial behaviors of its staff and their families. No revenue, fee schedule, loan portfolio, asset, or membership statistics are disclosed for the credit union, and there is no evidence of recent capital raises, acquisitions, partnerships, product launches, leadership changes, or technology investments. Given the closed charter, small employee base, and absence of growth signals, the institution appears to operate as a steady-state, member-services utility rather than a growth-oriented financial business.

Name

Avoyelles Parish School Board Employee Credit Union

Legal name

Avoyelles Parish School Board

Website

https://avoyellespsb.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Avoyelles Parish School Board Employee Credit Union is a small, closed-membership credit union founded in 1966 in Marksville, Louisiana, providing savings and loan services exclusively to employees of the Avoyelles Parish School Board and their family members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Credit Union Services

NAICS

Credit Unions (52213)

SIC

Savings Institution, Federally Chartered (6035)

akta.pro primary industry

Student/University Credit Unions (FSABAEAJ)

Keywords

• Credit union services
• Member savings accounts
• Consumer lending
• School employee finance
• Cooperative banking

Headquarters

HQ city

Marksville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Avoyelles Parish School Board Employee Credit Union provides member savings and loan services to Avoyelles Parish School Board (APSB) employees and their family members. Membership eligibility is restricted to the school board's workforce and their immediate relatives, making it an employer-affiliated cooperative financial institution rather than a broadly accessible lender.

Product overview

Avoyelles Parish School District is a public K-12 school system providing educational services across 10 schools in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. The district operates a unified portfolio of educational programs including general K-12 education, Career and Technical Education (CTE) with JROTC, Pre-Kindergarten, Special Education, English Learners support, and the Avoyelles Virtual and Alternative Program (AVAP). The district also provides essential support services including mental health and nursing services, student transportation with real-time tracking via NFT Parent View, food and nutrition programs, and federal programs such as Title I and McKinney-Vento homeless services. Schools use various technology platforms including Destiny (Follett) for library management, Edmentum/PLATO for online learning, JCampus for student information, Student Progress Center for grade tracking, and Parchment for transcript exchange.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Avoyelles Virtual and Alternative Program (AVAP): Alternative education program serving students who need alternative learning environments

Products and services

• Member Savings Accounts Cooperative share/savings accounts for Avoyelles Parish School Board employees and their eligible family members. Designed for personal household saving within a closed-bond credit union membership.
• Member Loans Personal loan products extended to eligible Avoyelles Parish School Board employees and their family members, sourced from member share deposits.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and moderate.

• Red River Farm SupplyminorOthersRed River Farm Supply supports Lafargue Elementary's Ag in the Classroom Program through donations of seeds, chicken food, wire for chicken run, and heavy equipment assistance. They helped unload a 14x20 chicken coop and provided cow panels for cucumber plants. Their support extends to student incentives, school fundraisers, and event sponsorship.
• Simmesport R.I.S.E. (Reinvesting in Simmesport's Expansion)minorOthersR.I.S.E. provides school supplies and teacher classroom funds to Riverside Elementary, sponsors Back-to-School Bash events honoring students and teachers, hosts Jump Into Summer events, and supports Teacher Appreciation Week. They also sponsor health fairs, cancer walks, and provide free community activities.
• Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerElizabeth Campbell-Allen previously served as Program Coordinator for the Early College and Career Academy at CLTCC, launching a CTE Early College and Career Academy that expanded dual enrollment opportunities. CLTCC worked with schools throughout Avoyelles Parish to increase CTE participation and help students earn college credit and workforce credentials while in high school.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Class Act Federal Credit Union: Kentucky-based federal credit union serving Kentucky public school employees with savings, lending, and member services. Directly comparable as a small education-employer-focused FCU whose business model (savings + loans for K-12 staff and their families) mirrors the APSB Employees FCU structure.
• Suncoast Credit Union: Florida-based credit union originating in the education sector (school employees) and now serving a broader community. Comparable as a credit union whose roots are in serving K-12 education employees and families, providing savings and loan services through employer partnerships.
• CSE Federal Credit Union: Louisiana-based federal credit union specifically serving school system employees across multiple parishes — the closest analog in both geography (Louisiana) and charter type (federal). Offers savings, lending, and member services through employer partnerships identical in structure to the APSB Federal Credit Union's model.
• SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union: One of the largest school-employee-focused federal credit unions in the U.S., serving California K-12 educators and their families. Directly comparable as a federal credit union founded to serve a captive teacher/school-employee market with consumer lending, deposits, and ancillary services.
• East Ascension Parish School Board Employees Federal Credit Union: Small Louisiana federal credit union chartered to serve school-board employees of a single parish (East Ascension). Structurally and operationally identical to the APSB Employees FCU — small employee count, single-employer captive field, Louisiana geography.
• Jefferson Parish Employees Federal Credit Union: A small Louisiana federal credit union chartered to serve employees of a single parish government (Jefferson Parish), structurally identical to a parish-school-board federal credit union in serving a captive employer membership base. Provides consumer lending and deposit products on a parish-scale footprint.

Regional players

• Pelican State Credit Union: Large Louisiana state-chartered credit union serving a broad membership field across the state. Comparable as a Louisiana-headquartered financial-services competitor with consumer deposit and loan products that employees in any parish could choose instead of a smaller parish-focused FCU.
• Campus Federal Credit Union: Louisiana credit union headquartered near LSU in Baton Rouge, originally chartered for university employees but now serving broader communities. While larger and university-affiliated, it is a regional Louisiana FCU with overlapping employee-deposit and consumer-loan products.

Emerging players

• EECU (A Community Credit Union): Louisiana community credit union with public-sector employer partnerships that align with employer-payroll relationships. Comparable as a regional Louisiana credit union that serves teacher- and government-employee segments similar to the APSB credit union's captive market.
• Louisiana Educational Television Authority Employees Federal Credit Union (or analogous state-entity employee FCUs): Small Louisiana federal credit unions chartered for employees of specific state/educational institutions. Useful as a peer for understanding how a tiny FCU navigates Louisiana rural geography and NCUA oversight under a captive employer relationship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/avoyelles_parish_schools
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/avoyelles-parish-school-board

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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