What Teater-Crocker does

Teater-Crocker is a privately held educational consultancy headquartered in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1999 by Phil Crocker and Dave Teater. The firm specializes exclusively in school facility planning and educational management services for K-12 school districts, community colleges, and state education departments. Its core service portfolio includes a four-phase Long-Range Facilities Planning process, Educational Specifications development, Management & Efficiency Reviews, Enrollment Projections using five statistical models (trend analysis, linear regression, cohort survival), and School Attendance Boundary realignment supported by GIS technology. The firm also operates K12enroll.com, an online tool providing continuous access to district enrollment projections.

The company's business model is professional services: project-based consulting fees for multi-phase engagements, custom-quoted per district scope. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, primarily through direct outreach, a website contact channel, and a published portfolio of case studies and an extensive client list demonstrating work across 25+ U.S. states and 200+ engagements. Customer concentration is broad across public-sector education buyers rather than tied to a single client, with notable engagements including Spokane Public Schools, Seattle Public Schools, Moses Lake School District, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Oakland Unified School District, Indianapolis Public Schools, the Wyoming State School Facilities Commission, and the College of Western Idaho.

Teater-Crocker is founder-controlled with no external funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. The team is small (1–10 employees, five named consultants with combined experience of 100+ years in education). The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no patents, no disclosed certifications, and no formal partnerships, with differentiation resting on domain specialization, senior practitioner experience, and a community-led stakeholder engagement methodology rather than technology depth.

Name

Teater-Crocker

Legal name

Teater Crocker, Inc.

Website

https://teatercrocker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Teater-Crocker is a Seattle-based educational consultancy (founded 1999) that provides school facility planning, educational specifications, enrollment projections, boundary adjustments, and management reviews to K-12 districts, community colleges, and state education departments across more than 25 U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Facility Planning Consulting

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) & School Administration Platforms (EDAJAMAB)

Keywords

• School facility planning
• Educational specifications
• Enrollment projections
• Boundary adjustments
• Management efficiency reviews

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Educational Consulting Services: Project-based consulting fees for school facility planning, educational specifications, management reviews, enrollment projections, and boundary adjustments. Engagements appear to be long-term, multi-phase consulting projects with school districts, colleges, and state education departments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Teater-Crocker is an educational consulting firm that delivers school facility planning, educational specifications, management and efficiency reviews, student enrollment projections, and school attendance boundary adjustments for K-12 school districts, community colleges, and state education departments. Engagements are project-based, multi-phase, and tailored to each district's operational, demographic, and community context. The firm pairs data-driven analysis with facilitated stakeholder committees to produce consensus recommendations adopted by school boards.

Product overview

Teater-Crocker is an educational consulting firm offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered on school facility planning and educational management. The core offerings include Long-Range Facilities Planning (a four-phase master planning process), Educational Specifications development, Management & Efficiency Reviews, Enrollment Projections, and School Attendance Boundaries realignment. Additionally, the firm provides K12enroll.com, an online tool giving superintendents continuous access to enrollment projections. Together, these services provide comprehensive support for school districts navigating facility planning, enrollment changes, and boundary adjustments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Long-Range Facilities Planning

Named customers13 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with education and public-sector practices that include facility planning and program management for school districts. Adjacent incumbent rather than a dedicated education specialist.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with an established K-12 education practice offering facility planning, architecture, and program management. Broader incumbent that competes for the same RFPs but bundles planning within a much larger service portfolio.
• Fanning Howey Associates: Architecture and planning firm with a long-standing K-12 specialty delivering facility master plans, educational specifications, and bond planning. Larger incumbent offering overlapping services as part of a broader architectural practice.

Direct peers

• SchoolWorks: Nonprofit consulting organization providing facility planning, enrollment projections, and educational planning services to school districts. Closely comparable in service portfolio and K-12 focus.
• MGT of America: Management and educational consulting firm providing studies and advisory services to K-12 districts and state agencies. Comparable to Teater-Crocker as a peer consulting firm serving overlapping school district clients (referenced in Teater-Crocker's own testimonials).
• DeJONG-RICHTER: Educational facility planning consultancy that delivers long-range facility plans, demographic studies, and boundary analyses for K-12 school districts. Directly comparable to Teater-Crocker in service mix, methodology, and target customer.
• Cropper GIS: GIS-based consulting firm specializing in school attendance boundary realignment, demographic analysis, and enrollment projections for K-12 districts. Directly overlaps with Teater-Crocker's boundary and enrollment projection services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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