Great Teachers' Academy

What Great Teachers' Academy does

Great Teachers' Academy (GTA) is a private, for-profit K-12 micro-school founded in August 2016 in the Emory-area of Atlanta, Georgia. The school operates a hybrid model combining weekly on-campus STEM sessions at its Perimeter Pointe campus (1155 Mt Vernon Highway) with at-home online learning, structured around class sizes capped at 15 students and a total enrollment of approximately 80 students.

GTA's core technology stack is an assembled multi-vendor personalization engine: CompassLearning supplies the blended-learning core curriculum, NWEA MAP provides adaptive assessment, Renzulli Profiler generates student interest snapshots, GoQuest delivers conversational age-appropriate content, and Knewton plus Khan Academy provide 24/7 online tutoring. Udacity powers the Python programming course, SAFARI Montage provides a digital content library, and LEGO Education (EV3), Snap Circuits, and Makey Makey supply the hands-on STEM Maker Lab. Curriculum pedagogy is competency-based with no social promotion, and Deeper Learning projects integrate theory with real-world application.

Revenue is generated primarily through tuition of $800 per semester (with 12 scholarships of $400 available per semester), plus ancillary income from $5 per-session live tutoring for non-enrolled students. Distribution is direct-to-family via the GTA website, mailing list, social media, and a free monthly STEM Lab Day co-sponsored with Edevate at Roam Dunwoody. The school is fully accredited WITH QUALITY by the Georgia Accrediting Commission and is led by CEO Gareth N. Genner and Executive Director Mike Davis.

Name

Great Teachers' Academy

Legal name

Great Teachers' Academy

Website

https://greatteachers.academy

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Great Teachers' Academy is a private, for-profit K-8 micro-school in the Emory-area of Atlanta operating a hybrid STEM-focused program for approximately 80 students, with weekly on-campus labs and at-home online learning powered by CompassLearning, NWEA MAP, and GoQuest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Private Education Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

District-Run Virtual Academies & Online Programs (EDAJADAB)

Keywords

• K-12 STEM education
• Hybrid school programs
• Project-based learning
• Personalized curriculum
• Competency-based education

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition - Spring Semester: Tuition for spring Semester 2016 set at $800, payable 50% on enrollment with balance due January 2nd. Program includes online program plus 20 STEM-focused days on campus. Full tuition covers entire cost of education with no additional fees, annual campaigns, or fundraising requests.
2. Scholarships: Twelve $400 scholarships available per semester, bringing effective cost to $400 for scholarship recipients.
3. Tutoring Services: Live tutorial sessions (Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies) free for full-time students; $5 per session for non-enrolled students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Great Teachers' Academy is a private K-12 school offering STEM-focused, project-based education through a hybrid model that combines weekly on-campus STEM days with at-home online learning. The program delivers a competency-based, personalized curriculum for approximately 80 students (under 15 per class) in the Emory-Area Atlanta region, supported by adaptive assessment, blended learning platforms, and integrated tutoring services.

Product overview

Great Teachers' Academy operates as a unified educational platform combining personalized K-12 curriculum with specialized STEM programs. The core offering integrates CompassLearning's blended-learning system with Renzulli Profiler-driven personalization and GoQuest conversational learning tools. Students access a competency-based curriculum enhanced by 20 on-campus STEM days per semester, computer programming via Udacity, hands-on STEM labs using LEGO and Snap Circuits, and integrated tutoring through Knewton and Khan Academy. The program is completed largely at home with one weekly campus day, supplemented by monthly STEM Lab Day sessions for ages 10-15.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core K-12 Educational Program
• STEM Lab Day
• Computer Programming with Udacity
• Hands-On STEM Lab
• Un-Tutoring Program
• Test Preparation
• Credit Recovery and Remediation

Quantifiable outcome

• Students performed up to 40% better with first-person conversational content delivery (Richard Mayer's Principle of Personalization applied via GoQuest)

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• EdevatecoreTechnology or IntegrationEdevate provides a learning management system with access to over 8,800 online courses including options to take college credit assessments. They co-sponsor the free STEM Lab Day program with Great Teachers' Academy.
• CompassLearningcoreTechnology or IntegrationCompassLearning provides a proven blended-learning core curriculum that exceeds Georgia standards and prepares students for state and college admissions testing. The curriculum is personalized to individual student interests and learning styles.
• Renzulli LearningsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationRenzulli Profiler generates a snapshot of student interests and expression preferences, enabling teachers to match content, activities and projects to personalize the learning experience for each student.
• SAFARI MontagesecondaryTechnology or IntegrationDigital learning platform providing 9,500 education programs and videos, 17,195 images, and interactive 3D models covering botany, human anatomy, zoology, microbiology, earth science, chemistry, and engineering.
• KnewtonsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationOnline adaptive learning platform providing free enrollment to all registered students for 24/7 tutoring resources.
• NWEAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNWEA's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment creates a personalized assessment experience by adapting to each student's learning level. MAP data informs instruction and growth monitoring.
• UdacitycoreTechnology or IntegrationUdacity provides computer programming curriculum through their Nanodegree program. Students learn Python and build their own search engine and social network as part of the programming course.
• Roam DunwoodyminorOthersVenue partner hosting monthly STEM Lab Day programs at 1155 Mt. Vernon Highway, Atlanta, GA 30338. This is a drop-off program location.
• LEGO EducationsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationLEGO Education's Design Engineering Projects curriculum provides 30 hours of classroom instruction with open-ended, problem-solving robotics activities using the EV3 platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Outschool: Outschool is a marketplace for small-group online classes (often STEM-focused) for ages 3–18, with a pay-per-class model. Comparable on small-group STEM learning delivery and online parental channel, but functions as a class marketplace rather than a full-time school.

Others

• AltSchool: AltSchool pioneered the tech-enabled, personalized micro-school model and is widely cited as a peer in the micro-school category alongside GTA. Closely comparable on micro-school positioning and personalized curriculum, though it has restructured away from directly operating schools.

Broad incumbents

• Connections Academy: Connections Academy operates tuition-free online public schools across most U.S. states using a blended learning model. Comparable on K-12 online delivery, accredited status, and competency progression, but at significantly larger scale.
• K12 Inc. K12 is one of the largest online K-12 learning providers, serving students across all 50 states with tuition-free and paid online school options. Comparable on online K-12 delivery format and curriculum personalization, but operates as a broad national incumbent rather than a small private micro-school.

Direct peers

• Prenda: Prenda operates a network of neighborhood micro-schools with small group sizes and blended online/offline learning, very similar to GTA's hybrid K-8 micro-campus model. Direct comparability on business model, target customer (parents seeking alternatives to traditional K-12), and micro-school delivery format.
• BASIS Charter Schools: BASIS runs STEM-emphasized K-12 public charter schools with accelerated curriculum and college-prep focus. Closely comparable on STEM-focused K-12 curriculum differentiation, though at much larger scale and as a public charter rather than private/hybrid operator.
• Synthesis: Synthesis runs a small-group, project-based online learning community serving ages 8–14 with collaborative problem solving. Directly comparable to GTA on target age band (10–15 for STEM Lab Day), blended delivery, and emphasis on project-based / Deeper Learning pedagogy.

Regional players

• Georgia Cyber Academy: Georgia Cyber Academy is the largest online public school in Georgia, serving K-12 students statewide. Closest regional competitor to GTA's hybrid/online K-12 model, but operates as a free public school rather than a paid private micro-school.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Mygreatteacher
• Facebookfacebook.com/greatteachers.academy

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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