De Leon Independent School District

What De Leon Independent School District does

De Leon Independent School District is a public K-12 school district located in De Leon, Texas, serving students from pre-kindergarten through high school within its geographically defined district boundaries. The entity is classified as a government_state_entity operating under the authority of the Texas Education Agency, with no commercial revenue model; educational services are provided free of charge and funded through local property taxes, state formula funding, and federal grants. Governance is provided by an elected seven-member Board of Trustees serving staggered terms (with members including Heath Matteson as President, Derek Otwell as Vice President, and Terrill Casey as Secretary), and the district is led by Superintendent Dana Marable.

The district's core products are educational services rather than commercial goods. Its digital surface area consists of an official website at deleonisd.net plus native iOS and Android mobile applications, all powered by the Apptegy K-12 communications platform. The district also operates a Facebook page, a YouTube channel (@deleonisd), and uses TASB's Policy Online service for board policy management. The underlying technology stack is described as standard public school educational technology infrastructure with no proprietary technology features, no AI/ML capabilities, no APIs, and no disclosed integrations. The district collaborates with regional Education Service Centers (ESCs) for educational support services and is otherwise constrained to a single geographic market in central Texas.

De Leon ISD's go-to-market motion is direct enrollment — students enroll within district boundaries without intermediaries, and the district has no commercial sales pipeline. The customer base is a single horizontal segment (students and families within the district) with no named enterprise customers, no pricing tiers, and no alternative distribution channels. The district maintains the "Fighting Bearcats" mascot as a community-identity marker. As a public-sector institution, De Leon ISD is not privately owned or controlled by investors, and standard commercial metrics (ARR, valuation, funding, M&A activity) do not apply.

Name

De Leon Independent School District

Legal name

De Leon Independent School District

Website

https://deleonisd.net

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

De Leon Independent School District is a public K-12 school district in De Leon, Texas, serving pre-kindergarten through high school students within its geographic boundaries through free public education funded by taxes and grants.

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 K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Pre-kindergarten programs
• High school athletics
• Community education

Headquarters

HQ city

De Leon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

De Leon Independent School District provides free public K-12 education to students residing within its district boundaries in De Leon, Texas, from pre-kindergarten through high school. The district supplements academic instruction with athletics, extracurricular programs, and community engagement activities under the "Fighting Bearcats" mascot identity, while maintaining digital communication channels including a website and mobile applications for parents and students.

Product overview

De Leon Independent School District operates a website portal (powered by Apptegy platform) that serves as the primary digital interface for the district's educational services. The district offers a unified web platform accessible at deleonisd.net, supplemented by native iOS and Android mobile applications. The website provides access to district information including Board of Trustees meetings, parent resources, school policies, budget documents, and district announcements. This is a school district website rather than a commercial technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• De Leon ISD K-12 Public Education Free K-12 public education services from pre-kindergarten through high school, including academic instruction, athletics, and extracurricular programs for students residing within De Leon ISD boundaries in Texas.
• De Leon ISD iOS Mobile App Official iOS mobile application providing parents and students with access to district information, news, and updates on Apple devices.
• De Leon ISD Android Mobile App Official Android mobile application providing parents and students with access to district information, news, and updates on Android devices.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• TASB (Texas Association of School Boards)minorOthersDe Leon ISD participates in TASB's Policy Online service for district board policy management. The district's board policies are hosted and maintained through TASB's platform.
• ApptegycoreTechnology or IntegrationApptegy powers the district's official website and mobile applications. The website (deleonisd.net) is built on Apptegy's platform, providing district websites, mobile apps, and communication tools for schools.
• ESC (Education Service Center)minorOthersDe Leon ISD participates in ESC board elections and works with Education Service Centers for regional educational support services.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Apptegy: Apptegy is the technology vendor powering De Leon ISD's website and mobile applications. While not an educational competitor, it is the key infrastructure partner for the district's digital communications stack.
• Texas Association of School Boards (TASB): TASB is the policy and governance organization through which De Leon ISD manages board policies. It is an enabling/supporting organization rather than a competitor, but provides directly comparable governance services to all Texas ISDs.

Direct peers

• Rising Star Independent School District: Rising Star ISD is a small rural Texas public school district in the same West Central Texas region as De Leon ISD, providing directly comparable K-12 educational services to a similarly small community.
• Eastland Independent School District: Eastland ISD serves Eastland, TX in the same West Central Texas region as De Leon ISD. It is a small-to-mid-size rural public K-12 district with a directly comparable operating model.
• Cisco Independent School District: Cisco ISD is a small rural Texas public K-12 district in Eastland County, directly adjacent to De Leon ISD's catchment area, with a closely comparable operating model and student base size.
• Dublin Independent School District: Dublin ISD is a small rural Texas public school district geographically adjacent to De Leon ISD, serving a similarly sized community with the same K-12 public education model and state funding structure.
• Comanche Independent School District: Comanche ISD serves Comanche, TX — the county seat of the same county (Comanche County) as De Leon ISD. It is a similarly sized rural Texas public K-12 district with a directly comparable small-town student population and funding structure.
• Sidney Independent School District: Sidney ISD is a very small rural Texas public school district in the same region as De Leon ISD, operating a directly comparable K-12 public education model for a similarly small community.
• Gorman Independent School District: Gorman ISD is a very small rural Texas public school district in the same region as De Leon ISD, offering directly comparable K-12 public education to a similarly small community.

Broad incumbents

• Stephenville Independent School District: Stephenville ISD is a larger regional public school district near De Leon that draws some students from surrounding smaller communities. It operates the same Texas public K-12 model but at meaningfully greater scale and with broader program offerings.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@deleonisd
• Facebookfacebook.com/deleonisd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/comanche-special-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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