What Lee County School District does

Lee County School District (LCSD) is a public K-12 school district in northeast Mississippi, headquartered at 1280 College View Drive in Tupelo and serving approximately 6,200-6,300 students across 13 schools, a Career and Technical Education center, and the Belden Center for academic improvement, distributed across seven municipalities (Belden, Guntown, Mooreville, Plantersville, Saltillo, Shannon, and Verona). The district employs roughly 1,000 certified and non-certified staff, including 90 National Board Certified Teachers with 52% of teachers holding advanced degrees, and is rated a 'B' district by the Mississippi Department of Education. The technology stack is built entirely on third-party, off-the-shelf educational platforms deployed via standard integrations: Canvas LMS (via the MDE instance), ClassLink for single sign-on, Active Parent/Active Student portals, SAM Spectra for school administration, SpedTrack for special education compliance, Renaissance Place for academic assessment, Google Workspace for staff collaboration, MySchoolBucks for meal payments, MealViewer for cafeteria menus, IncidentIQ for IT help desk, Parchment for transcript exchange, and MSIS for state-mandated reporting. All digital touchpoints are consolidated under an Apptegy-hosted CMS that powers the district website and 15 individual school websites.

LCSD is a public government entity, not a commercial enterprise, and generates no revenue from tuition. It is funded through state allocations from the Mississippi Department of Education, local property taxes, federal Title I/II/IV funds, and voter-approved bond measures (notably a $15 million bond in 2020 and an $8 million bond in 2022). Programs span traditional K-12 instruction, special education, gifted education, English language learner support, pre-K via the Early Learning Collaborative, and career and technical education anchored at the HIVE industrial park. The district monetizes ancillary services through its 11-cafeteria Child Nutrition program serving roughly 2,000 breakfasts and 5,500 lunches daily under USDA guidelines, and offers fee-based meal programs.

The district's go-to-market is direct enrollment: families register students through zoned schools or online registration forms, with no customer acquisition motion in the commercial sense. Strategic positioning is reinforced by long-tenured ecosystem partnerships including the Toyota Education Endowment Fund ($50 million across Lee, Pontotoc, and Union counties), the CREATE Foundation's Marchbanks Helping Hand Tuition Guarantee Program (two free years of Itawamba Community College tuition for graduates), Kelly Education (substitute teacher staffing), and co-location with the Community Development Foundation's HIVE industrial park. The district is governed by an elected five-member School Board under Superintendent Coke Magee.

Name

Lee County School District

Legal name

Lee County School District

Website

https://leecountyschools.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Lee County School District is a public K-12 school district in northeast Mississippi serving approximately 6,300 students across 13 schools, a CTE center, and an academic improvement facility in seven municipalities. It is government-funded, not a commercial entity, and offers free public education supported by state allocations, local taxes, and federal Title funds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA), Public Special Education Schools & Programs (EDAJAAAH)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Career and technical education
• Special education services
• Early childhood pre-K
• School nutrition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tupelo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Funded primarily through local tax revenue, state funding from Mississippi Department of Education, and federal Title I, Title II, and Title IV funds

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Lee County School District provides free public K-12 education to approximately 6,200-6,300 students across 13 schools, a Career and Technical Education center, and an Early Learning Collaborative in Lee County, Mississippi. The district offers traditional K-12 instruction, special education, gifted education, pre-K early childhood programs, and career/technical training, supplemented by child nutrition services operating 11 cafeterias. All offerings are delivered through physical school campuses supported by digital platforms such as Canvas LMS, Active Parent/Student portals, and ClassLink single sign-on.

Product overview

Lee County School District operates a unified educational services platform consisting of a central website and 15 individual school websites (all built on Apptegy's CMS platform), serving approximately 6,200 students across 13 schools, a Career and Technical Education center, and the Early Learning Collaborative. The district provides educational services including traditional K-12 instruction, special education, gifted education, early childhood programs, and career/technical training. Supporting these core educational offerings are digital platforms for parents (Active Parent portal), students (Active Student portal, Canvas LMS, ClassLink SSO), and district operations (SAM Spectra administration, SpedTrack special education management). The district also administers food services, alternative education (The Belden Center), and community partnership programs including the Toyota Education Endowment Fund and tuition assistance programs. The district is funded by voter-approved bond issues including a $15 million bond (2020) for the new CTE center and an $8 million bond (2022) for facility renovations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Public Education
• Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Child Nutrition Services
• Special Education Program
• The Belden Center
• Early Learning Collaborative (Pre-K)
• Gifted Program (Discovery)
• Family and Community Engagement (FACE)

Quantifiable outcome

• 90 National Board Certified Teachers (52% of teachers hold advanced degrees)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Community Development Foundation (HIVE Industrial Park)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2021The 33,000-square-foot career and technical education center is located at the Community Development Foundation's HIVE industrial park. Students started attending classes there in late 2021, providing CTE programs in partnership with local industry.
• CREATE FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Established the Lee County/Marchbanks Helping Hand Tuition Guarantee Program with the Lee County Board of Supervisors. Provides two full years of free tuition assistance to Itawamba Community College for graduates from Mooreville, Shannon, Saltillo, and other area high schools.
• Kelly EducationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKelly Education partners with Lee County School District to provide substitute teachers. They recruit, place, and support substitute teachers for district schools.
• Itawamba Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Lee County/Marchbanks Helping Hand Tuition Guarantee Program providing two years of free tuition for Lee County high school graduates.
• YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-SouthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeamed up with Toyota Mississippi to bring 'Y on the Fly' experience to Mooreville Elementary students.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lamar County School District: Public K-12 district in southern Mississippi with a similar mix of small municipalities and a comparable district rating profile. Useful as a peer for performance and funding comparison.
• Madison County School District: High-performing public K-12 district in central Mississippi consistently earning top state accountability ratings. Comparable as a peer-rated public K-12 district competing for state funding and reputation.
• Rankin County School District: Large public K-12 district in central Mississippi with a comparable suburban/exurban student profile. Useful as a peer for benchmark performance and district operations.

Regional players

• Biloxi Public School District: Public K-12 district on the Mississippi Gulf Coast operating under the same state regulatory framework. Comparable as a Mississippi public K-12 district peer.
• Pontotoc County School District: Northeast Mississippi public K-12 district that participates in the Toyota Education Endowment Fund alongside LCSD. Comparable as a peer district in the same regional funding ecosystem.
• Tupelo Public School District: Adjacent municipal school district serving the Lee County seat of Tupelo. Comparable as a public K-12 district operating in the same northeast Mississippi labor market and competing for the same student population.
• Itawamba County School District: Adjacent northeast Mississippi public K-12 district that is a partner with LCSD through the Itawamba Community College tuition guarantee program. Comparable geographic and demographic peer.

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Public School District: State capital public K-12 district operating under the same MS Department of Education funding framework. Comparable in governance structure and state accountability dynamics.
• DeSoto County School District: The largest school district in Mississippi, located in northwest Mississippi. Comparable as a large public K-12 district with similar state funding dynamics and curriculum frameworks.
• Harrison County School District: Large coastal Mississippi public K-12 district with multi-school district operations. Comparable in scale and operational complexity to LCSD.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LeeCoSchools_MS
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCgz0bgfNZoTAi8GmukXSx2g
• Facebookfacebook.com/LeeCountyMSSchools
• Instagraminstagram.com/leecoschools_ms
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saltillo-elementary-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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