Big Horn County School District #1

What Big Horn County School District #1 does

Big Horn County School District #1 is a public K-12 school district and government state entity headquartered in Cowley, Wyoming, serving students across Big Horn County. It operates three physical school units — Rocky Mountain Elementary School and Rocky Mountain Middle/High School in Cowley, and Burlington Schools K-12 in Burlington — and additionally runs Wyoming Connections Academy, a tuition-free K-12 online distance learning program authorized under Wyoming state law that extends the district's reach to students statewide. Leadership is headed by Superintendent Matt Davidson, with Ryan Boettcher serving as Title IX Coordinator / Curriculum Director and Wes Townsend as Section 504 Coordinator / Special Services Director.

The district is built on a standardized K-12 educational technology stack rather than proprietary technology. Core platforms include PowerSchool for student information management, Clever for single sign-on across digital learning resources, Renaissance Accelerated Reader for literacy, CharacterStrong for social-emotional learning curriculum, Apptegy for website content management, ThrillShare for parent communication, eFunds for Schools for meal payment processing, Phoenix Learning for online registration, Safe 2 Tell Wyoming for anonymous student safety reporting, and ArbiterLive for athletic scheduling. The district distributes branded mobile applications on iOS and Android and maintains Facebook and Instagram presences for community engagement. Curricular differentiators include Senior Projects for college preparation, CharacterStrong SEL programming, and Safe 2 Tell student safety infrastructure.

The district is funded through public education funding mechanisms, specifically state education funding, federal education grants, and local property taxes, with education services provided free of charge to enrolled K-12 students. As a political subdivision of the State of Wyoming operating under the Wyoming Department of Education, the district has its own Board of Trustees and administration. No private ownership, venture capital backing, or investor returns are associated with the entity. The primary customer segments are K-12 students and families within Big Horn County and, via Wyoming Connections Academy, students throughout Wyoming.

Name

Big Horn County School District #1

Legal name

Big Horn County School District #1

Website

https://bighorn1.com

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Big Horn County School District #1 is a Wyoming public K-12 school district serving students in Cowley and Burlington through three school units, plus the statewide Wyoming Connections Academy online distance learning program, all funded by state, federal, and local public education sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB), Online Credit Recovery & Alternative Pathways (Virtual) (EDAJADAF)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Distance learning programs
• School district services
• Social-emotional learning
• Online K-12 education

Headquarters

HQ city

Cowley, Wyoming

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

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Public school district funded through state education funding, federal education grants, and local property taxes. Education services are provided free of charge to students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Big Horn County School District #1 provides tuition-free K-12 public education to students in Big Horn County, Wyoming through three physical school campuses (Rocky Mountain Elementary School, Rocky Mountain Middle/High School, and Burlington Schools K-12). The district also operates Wyoming Connections Academy, a statewide tuition-free K-12 online distance learning program authorized under Wyoming state law.

Product overview

Big Horn County School District #1 is a K-12 public school district operating in Wyoming with a distributed architecture comprising three main school units (Rocky Mountain Elementary, Rocky Mountain Middle/High School, and Burlington Schools K-12) plus an online program. The district website (bighorn1.com), powered by Apptegy, serves as the unified digital hub connecting all educational offerings. Wyoming Connections Academy provides the district's virtual/distance learning option for students statewide. Each school operates with shared platforms including PowerSchool (student information), Clever (SSO), and CharacterStrong (SEL curriculum).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wyoming Connections Academy: Tuition-free, K-12 online program authorized as a distance learning program of Big Horn County School District #1, open to students throughout Wyoming.

Products and services

• Wyoming Connections Academy

Quantifiable outcome

• Senior Projects preparing students for success beyond high school

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Greenwood Elementary School District 50 (South Carolina): Small public K-12 district outside Wyoming with similar enrollment scale and rural/community character; useful as a structural peer for small-district operating economics, though operating under different state policy and funding rules.

Direct peers

• Fremont County School District #25 (Riverton): Wyoming public K-12 district of similar scale and rural character, operating multiple school sites on a comparable public funding model and serving a similarly sized Wyoming community.
• Connections Academy (Stride, Inc.): National online K-12 operator that directly competes with Wyoming Connections Academy for statewide virtual enrollment; highly comparable in product (tuition-free online K-12) and customer (homeschool and remote-learning families) but operating at vastly greater scale.
• Sheridan County School District #1: Another small Wyoming public K-12 school district with multiple school sites and a similarly rural/small-community profile; most directly comparable as a same-state district with comparable funding model, enrollment scale, and operational footprint.
• Park County School District #6 (Cody): Wyoming public K-12 district serving a similar small-town/rural geography with multiple school buildings and a comparable governance/funding structure under the Wyoming Department of Education.

Broad incumbents

• Natrona County School District: Largest Wyoming K-12 public district, operating in the same statewide funding and regulatory framework; comparable in product/service offering (public K-12 instruction) but materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Stride, Inc. (formerly K12 Inc.): Parent of Connections Academy and a major operator of online K-12 programs including statewide virtual schools; comparable as a competing online K-12 platform but operates as a private, for-profit company rather than a public district.

Others

• Wyoming Department of Education: State-level regulatory and funding authority that oversees all Wyoming public K-12 districts, including Big Horn County SD #1; comparable as the governing body that authorizes WYCA and distributes state education funding, but not a competitor.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61573759364589
• Instagraminstagram.com/big.horn.1/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/big-horn-county-school-district-1

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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