What Amboy community unit school district #272 does

Amboy Community Unit School District #272 is an Illinois public K-12 unit school district headquartered at 11 East Hawley Street, Amboy, Illinois (Lee County), operating three schools across the PreK-12 continuum: Amboy Central Elementary School (PK-4, 30 East Provost Street), Amboy Junior High School (grades 5-8, 240 N. Metcalf Ave.), and Amboy High School (grades 9-12, 11 E. Hawley Street). The district is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education (Katie Pratt, President; Drew Montavon, Vice President; Elsa Payne, Secretary; Nick Brokaw, Mandy Powers, Nichole Stenzel, Rory White) with day-to-day administration led by Superintendent Joshua Nichols and building principals Janet Crownhart (High School, also Title IX Coordinator), Andrew Full (Junior High), and Jessica Meusel (Central Elementary). Instructional and operational staffing totals approximately 150 employees across the district office (37+), Junior High (~34), Central Elementary (~42), and High School (~37), inclusive of administration, transportation (Director Robbie Riley), maintenance (Director Brian Lampe), cafeteria/HR (Director Amy Wittenauer), nursing (Lindsay Spinelli), athletics, counseling, and classroom teachers.

The district's operating stack is anchored by a 1:1 Chromebook program (district-issued devices for every student), Google Workspace for Education as the productivity backbone, Common Goal Systems' TeacherEase as the standards-based LMS and gradebook (agreement through 2050), Renaissance Learning for reading and math practice (agreement through 2099), and ParentSquare as the family communication platform. SOPPA compliance is enforced via an approved vendor list of roughly 30 educational technology providers (IXL/ALEKS/ABCya, McGraw Hill, Amplify, Edmentum/Apex, Zearn, BrainPOP, Canva for Education, Xello, MagicSchool AI, Brisk Teaching, Screencastify, CrisisGo, Seesaw, Scholastic, Swank Digital Streaming, and others), with active multi-year agreements running through 2026-2027. Athletics broadcasts run via HUDL.

The district is publicly funded and does not charge tuition to resident students. Revenue is sourced from local property taxes, Illinois State Board of Education allocations (Illinois School Code 105 ILCS 5), and federal grants, with supplemental fundraising through the Flagship Foundation, an affiliated 501(c)-style entity. The district operates within Regional Office of Education #47 (Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside Counties) and partners with the Illinois State Board of Education for regulatory oversight, Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC Impact Program) and the Whiteside Area Career Center for college and career readiness pathways, and the Whiteside County Health Department for student and sports physicals. Compliance posture covers Section 504, Title II, Title IX, SOPPA student data privacy, and WCAG 2.0-2.1 AA website accessibility.

Name

Amboy community unit school district #272

Legal name

Amboy Community Unit School District #272

Website

https://amboy.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Amboy CUSD #272 is a publicly funded Illinois K-12 school district operating three schools (PreK-12) in Amboy, serving resident students with a 1:1 Chromebook program, TeacherEase LMS, and a SOPPA-vetted edtech stack financed by local property taxes and state and federal education funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB), Specialized Programs & Classrooms (Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, Intellectual/Developmental, Multi-Disability) (EDAJAKAH)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• PreK-12 school district
• Public school services
• Elementary secondary education
• School district administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Amboy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public School Funding (Tax-Based): As a public school district in Illinois, primary revenue comes from local property taxes, state education funding (ISBE), and federal grants. The district operates under Illinois School Code and is regulated by the Illinois State Board of Education. The district also publishes an annual budget.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Amboy Community Unit School District #272 is a public K-12 school district in Amboy, Illinois, operating three schools (Amboy High School grades 9-12, Amboy Junior High School grades 5-8, and Amboy Central Elementary School PreK-4). It delivers tuition-free public education to district residents, supplemented by a 1:1 Chromebook program, athletic programs, special education, transportation, food services, and standards-based learning through platforms such as TeacherEase, Google Workspace, and Renaissance Learning.

Product overview

Amboy Community Unit School District #272 operates a unified web presence consisting of a central district website (amboy.net) and three individual school websites for Amboy High School (grades 9-12), Amboy Junior High School (grades 5-8), and Amboy Central Elementary School (grades PK-4). The district's digital ecosystem includes ParentSquare for parent communication and TeacherEase for academic management, both approved through district agreements. The district has implemented a 1:1 Technology Program providing Chromebooks to students. Additional educational technology platforms including Renaissance Learning, ALEKS, Amplify, BrainPOP, Zearn, and others are integrated through approved vendor agreements for instructional use across various grade levels and subject areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Public Education Services
• Cafeteria and Meal Services
• Athletics Programs
• Student Transportation Services
• Community Facility Use Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 202 applications submitted nominating 56 individual teachers and staff members for Teacher/Staff Member of the Year — demonstrates high community engagement

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Regional Office of Education #47 (ROE 47)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerROE 47 (Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside Counties) provides regulatory oversight, professional development, career pathways programs, McKinney-Vento homeless education support, and attendance support services. Amboy CUSD #272 is listed as one of the schools under ROE 47's jurisdiction.
• Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)coreOthersState-level regulatory and funding body for all Illinois public schools. District operates under Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 5) and is subject to ISBE oversight, reporting, and compliance requirements.
• Common Goal Systems Inc. (TeacherEase)coreTechnology or IntegrationTeacherEase is the district's primary standards-based learning management system, gradebook, and reporting platform. Long-term agreement through 2050 covers all grade levels and subjects.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Workspace for Education is the district's primary productivity and collaboration platform, approved for all grade levels JK-12, used for email, documents, and classroom tools.
• ParentSquarecoreTechnology or IntegrationParentSquare is the district's primary family communication platform enabling announcements, direct messaging, event calendars, and emergency notifications across all schools.
• Whiteside County Health DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with district to offer school and sport physicals for students, supporting student health and athletic participation requirements.
• Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSVCC Impact Program fundraiser partnership with the district; SVCC provides community service opportunities for high school students through the Impact Program.
• Whiteside Area Career Center (WACC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWACC provides summer trades camp programs and career technical education opportunities for students, referenced in junior high school communications.
• The Flagship FoundationminorOthersDistrict-affiliated fundraising foundation that accepts individual grant requests from district students and families for educational enrichment opportunities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morrison Community Unit District 6: Whiteside County, IL community unit K-12 district under ROE #47 oversight. Comparable size, governance structure, and rural Midwestern setting directly comparable for operational benchmarking.
• Rock Falls Township High School District 301: Whiteside County, IL public high school district sharing the same ROE #47 supervisory region. Covers grades 9-12 in a small Illinois community, providing a structurally comparable high-school-only peer for the upper-grade component of Amboy.
• Dixon Public Schools District 170: Public K-12 district headquartered in Dixon, IL — the Lee County seat and the largest district in the same county as Amboy. Operates under Illinois School Code with similar funding and oversight structure, making it a directly comparable governance and operational peer.
• Sterling CUSD 5: Whiteside County, IL K-12 public district also under ROE #47 oversight — the same regional office that supervises Amboy CUSD #272. Same regulatory regime, funding model, and regional demographic profile.
• Oregon Community Unit School District 220: Ogle County, IL public K-12 district also under ROE #47 jurisdiction. Operates the same Illinois community-unit governance model with similar size and demographic profile, making it a comparable peer for benchmarking.
• Paw Paw CUSD 271: Lee County, IL community unit district — a very small rural Illinois public K-12 system directly adjacent to Amboy CUSD #272. Comparable in scale, demographics, and community-unit structure, providing a near-direct operational comparable.
• Ashton-Franklin Center CUSD 275: Adjacent Lee County, IL K-12 public school district of comparable size. Operates as a community unit district serving PK-12 in a small rural Illinois town, making it the closest geographic and structural peer to Amboy CUSD #272.
• Rochelle Township High School District 212: Ogle County, IL public high school district. Comparable high-school-level peer in the same broader ROE region, useful for benchmarking the secondary-school component of Amboy CUSD #272.
• Bureau Valley CUSD 340: Bureau County, IL community unit K-12 district. Comparable in scale, rural setting, and community-unit governance structure under the Illinois School Code, making it a relevant out-of-region operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• Rockford Public Schools District 205: Large urban public K-12 district in northern Illinois and the largest in the broader region. Serves as the broad-incumbent comparison point for governance, funding, and regulatory compliance within the Illinois public K-12 ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amboy-high-school

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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