Butte County Office of Education

What Butte County Office of Education does

Butte County Office of Education (BCOE) is a public County Office of Education established under California Education Code and headquartered at 1859 Bird Street in Oroville, California. The agency provides direct educational services from birth through adulthood, serving students, educators, and school districts within Butte County while administering several statewide programs. Its core portfolio includes operating six BCOE schools (Butte County Community School, Butte County Special Education, Children's Centers Preschool, Come Back Butte Charter, Hearthstone School, and Table Mountain School), coordinating countywide student events (Mock Trial, Academic Decathlon, Robotics, Spelling Bee, Poetry Out Loud, National History Day), and providing district and charter support services including fiscal agent functions, SELPA coordination, and charter authorization and oversight for every Butte County school district and charter.

The agency's underlying technology platform is anchored by CADRE (Center for the Advancement of Digital Resources in Education), a full-service design and production division offering online learning community management, course authoring and publishing, professional staff development, instructional media design, web applications, an online K-12 standards database, and Section 508 accessibility compliance services. Additional statewide technical programs include CTE Online (a free Career Technical Education curriculum platform), California Mini-Corps (supplementary tutorial services for migratory K-12 students), and the Future Educator Support program with an online bilingual credential pathway through San Diego State University. BCOE's Statewide and Local Support Services (SLSS) division deploys over 800 administrative professionals, program staff, and instructional tutors delivering services in nearly every California county.

As a government entity, BCOE generates no commercial revenue. Funding flows from state education formulas, federal categorical programs, lottery funds, Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax (TUPE), grants (including a $3.5 million Education Design Lab Advancing Workforce Mobility initiative with Walmart support), and donations managed through the North Valley Community Foundation. Customer segments are exclusively public-sector: Butte County districts and charters, K-12 and adult students, educators seeking induction and credentialing, migratory students, and individuals returning from incarceration served through the Butte Community Based Coalition (BCBC) program in partnership with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Name

Butte County Office of Education

Legal name

Butte County Office of Education

Website

https://bcoe.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1850

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Butte County Office of Education is a public government agency providing K-12 instructional services, educator induction and credentialing, career technical education, migrant education, reentry support, and statewide digital learning resources to students, teachers, districts, and charters across Butte County and California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Educational Support Services

NAICS

Administration of Education Programs (923110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

District Administration & Central Office (EDAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA), District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ), District Finance, Budgeting & Procurement Offices (EDADABAG)

Keywords

• K-12 education services
• Educator professional development
• Special education programs
• Career technical education
• Student support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oroville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government/Public Funding: As a county office of education, BCOE is primarily funded through state and federal educational funding formulas, categorical programs, and lottery funds.
2. Grants and Program Funding: BCOE receives grant funding for specific programs including TUPE (Tobacco Use Prevention Programs) funded through Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax, California Mini-Corps, Migrant Education, and workforce mobility initiatives.
3. Donations/Charitable Contributions: BCOE accepts donations through the BCOE Charitable Trust under the umbrella of North Valley Community Foundation, including disaster recovery funds and memorial funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Butte County Office of Education is a county-level public educational agency that delivers direct educational programs and services to students (from birth through adulthood), provides professional development and credentialing support to educators, and supplies administrative, fiscal, and operational support services to school districts and charter schools in Butte County and across California. Core offerings include K-12 student programs, special education, career technical education, teacher induction, migrant education services, tobacco prevention, nutrition programs, reentry services for the formerly incarcerated, and digital learning resources produced through the CADRE division.

Product overview

The Butte County Office of Education is a county educational agency providing a comprehensive portfolio of direct student services, educator support programs, and community wellness initiatives. The organization operates as a government education provider rather than a commercial product company. Its service offerings span K-12 student programs (Career Technical Education, student events, health and prevention), educator development (Teacher Induction, Future Educator Support, California Mini-Corps, CADRE digital resources), community nutrition (CalKidz Summer Food Program and Mobile Teaching Kitchen), tobacco prevention (TUPE), reentry services (BCBC), and operational support (maintenance, facilities, emergency management). These programs are delivered through BCOE's own divisions rather than a unified software platform or commercial product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CalKidz Summer Food Service Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 800 administrative professionals, program staff, and instructional tutors provide services

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Education Design LabcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026BCOE is a grantee in Education Design Lab's $3.5 million Advancing Workforce Mobility initiative, working on credentialing incarcerated workers in California as part of a collaborative effort to make skills and credentials more visible, trusted, and transferable across the labor market.
• Credential EnginecoreTechnology or IntegrationCredential Engine collaborated with Education Design Lab on the Advancing Workforce Mobility initiative, providing credential transparency and skills validation infrastructure.
• North Valley Community Foundation (NVCF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBCOE created charitable funds under the umbrella of NVCF, including the Butte County Schools Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund, BCOE Employee Disaster Relief Fund, Memorials Fund, and Arts Education Fund.
• California Community Colleges Chancellor's OfficeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTE Online collaboration providing free curriculum resources and CTE Leadership and Industry Sector Communities of Practice.
• California Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTUPE program is provided through CDE and funded by Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax Funding. Provides tobacco education, prevention, intervention and cessation services in selected schools countywide in grades 6-12.
• California Department of Corrections and RehabilitationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between CDCR and BCOE to provide the Butte Community Based Coalition (BCBC) program, offering reentry services to men and women returning from state prison or county jail.
• San Diego State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFES program partners with San Diego State University for an online teacher credential partnership, allowing future educators to earn bilingual credentials and master's degrees through BCOE's Future Educator Support program.
• California State University SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia Mini-Corps develops future bilingual-bicultural credentialed teachers through a cadre of trained college tutors, working with multiple CSU campuses.
• Butte County Public HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for COVID-19 response and school health guidance, coordinating with California Department of Public Health for school safety protocols.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE): SDCOE is a larger California COE operating educational technology, integrated student supports, and statewide-recognized programs. It shares BCOE's portfolio breadth and operates the same statutory functions.
• Riverside County Office of Education: A large Southern California COE providing comparable statutory services plus notable statewide CTE/credentialing initiatives, including California Educators Together-style platforms.
• Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE): The largest county office of education in California, LACOE provides the same statutory role as BCOE—district support, special education, fiscal services, and educator programs—but at vastly greater scale across LA County's 80+ districts.
• Orange County Department of Education: A larger Southern California COE providing district oversight, special education, and educator development. Comparable statutory role with differentiated programmatic emphasis.
• Santa Clara County Office of Education: A larger California COE operating early learning, special education, and educator pathways. Comparable in offering an integrated cradle-to-career portfolio similar to BCOE's SPES division.

Direct peers

• Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE): A directly comparable California COE providing district support, CTE, special education (SELPA), and educator induction in a similar mid-size county footprint. SCOE is among the closest structural peers to BCOE.
• Fresno County Office of Education: A Central Valley California COE of comparable scale and structure, serving a similar mix of rural and small-city districts with CTE, special education, and migrant education programming.
• Kern County Office of Education: Another Central Valley COE serving a geographically large, agriculturally dependent county. Comparable in serving significant migrant education populations and operating alternative education programs.
• Alameda County Office of Education: A California COE of comparable mid-large scale operating SELPA, CTE, charter oversight, and educator induction programs—directly parallel statutory and programmatic role to BCOE.

Others

• California Department of Education: The state-level education authority that funds, supervises, and sets policy for BCOE and all other California COEs. Not a peer in the operating sense but a critical counterpart funder (TUPE, categorical programs, LCFF oversight).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BCOEsuper
• Facebookfacebook.com/buttecountylibrary
• Instagraminstagram.com/buttecoe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/butte-county-office-of-education

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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