Hillcrest High School

What Hillcrest High School does

Hillcrest High School is the secondary-level institution within the Hillcrest School District, a public K-12 school district operating as a government state entity under Arkansas law. The district is headquartered at 146 S Main St, Strawberry, Arkansas, and serves students and families residing within the district boundaries in Strawberry and surrounding areas of southeast Arkansas. Its primary mission is to deliver free public K-12 education, including academic instruction, extracurricular activities (anchored by the "Screamin' Eagles" athletic identity), and student support services to enrolled students and their families. The primary customer segment is local students and families, with pain points addressed including access to public education, academic achievement, extracurricular participation, and college and career readiness.

The district's technology footprint is modest and consumer-facing rather than proprietary. Digital presence is delivered through an Apptegy-powered website, dedicated iOS and Android mobile applications, and official Facebook and X (Twitter) accounts used for community announcements and engagement. The district also operates a school store and online payment center (via OSMS) for school-related transactions. No proprietary technology, APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed. The core delivery model is traditional in-person classroom instruction at the Strawberry facility.

As a public government entity, Hillcrest School District does not operate on a commercial revenue model. It is funded through a combination of Arkansas state education funding and local tax revenues, with no tuition charged to district residents. There is no parent company, private equity ownership, or venture investment; the district is locally governed by a Board of Education. No financial figures, headcount, or enrollment data are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Hillcrest High School

Legal name

Hillcrest School District

Website

https://hillcrest.k12.ar.us

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hillcrest High School is the secondary school within the Hillcrest School District, a publicly funded K-12 government entity that delivers free in-person education, extracurricular programs, and student support services to students and families in Strawberry, Arkansas and surrounding areas.

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

District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ), Community Service & Service-Learning Programs (School-Run) (EDAJAJAI)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• School district services
• Academic instruction
• Extracurricular programs
• Community-based schooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Strawberry

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

Hillcrest School District delivers free K-12 public education services to students residing within the district boundaries in Strawberry, Arkansas. The core offering includes standard academic instruction, extracurricular activities featuring the Screamin' Eagles identity, and student support services, supplemented by a school store and payment center for school-related transactions.

Product overview

Hillcrest School District is a K-12 public education institution serving students in Strawberry, Arkansas. The district provides standard educational programs and services including academic instruction, with additional offerings such as a school store and payment center for school-related transactions. The district maintains digital presence through a website powered by Apptegy, providing access to information about board of education, student handbook, employment opportunities, and state-required documentation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Public Education Program
• Extracurricular and Athletics Program
• School Store and Payment Center

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Jackson County School District: Another rural Arkansas K-12 public district with similar small-scale, single-county geographic footprint and state-funded operating model — directly comparable in scale and structure to Hillcrest.
• Cross County School District: Neighboring rural K-12 public school district in Cross County, Arkansas, with comparable small-district scale, public funding model, and rural community identity. Most structurally analogous peer in the same state.
• Lawrence County School District: Adjacent rural Arkansas K-12 public school district with comparable enrollment scale and tax-funded revenue model; provides a direct structural peer for benchmarking operations.

Others

• Arkansas Department of Education: State regulatory and funding authority governing all Arkansas public K-12 districts including Hillcrest; relevant ecosystem participant for policy, funding, and compliance context.
• Apptegy: EdTech vendor powering Hillcrest's website, mobile apps, and parent communication infrastructure. Listed as an ecosystem participant that enables the district's digital engagement strategy referenced in the data.
• OSMS (Online School Management Systems): Provider of the school store / payment center platform that Hillcrest uses for fee collection and school-related transactions; ecosystem participant enabling the district's transactional back-office.

Broad incumbents

• Springdale School District: One of the largest public K-12 districts in Arkansas, illustrating the upper bound of scale and program breadth in the same funding environment; comparable from a state-policy and funding-formula perspective.
• Little Rock School District: Largest K-12 public school district in Arkansas, operating under the same state regulatory framework but at urban scale. Useful as a broad-incumbent peer for understanding the range of the Arkansas K-12 ecosystem Hillcrest operates within.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hillcrestnt
• Facebookfacebook.com/hillcrestschooldistrict
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/hillcrest-high-school-39

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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